Technical Session 1: Sharing stories spatially: Get started with the Mapbox Storytelling solution

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM(GMT-07:00) View in my timeTechnical Session 1: Sharing stories spatially: Get started with the Mapbox Storytelling solution

Event Details

Discover a new format for telling stories using customized, interactive maps. This session will introduce the Mapbox storytelling solution – a template for a webpage that users scroll through to explore a story rooted to the landscape. The storytelling map format is very useful for creative projects, youth STEAM projects, advocacy campaigns, annual reports, andn more. Session participants will review several examples of storytelling maps and then take a step-by-step tour through how to build one. This is beginner-friendly, no prior knowledge of Mapbox, mapping, or web development is required.

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Location

River Cree Room 4

Speakers for this event

  • Julia Conzon

    Julia Conzon

    IMW Support Staff, Firelight Group

    IMW Support Staff, Firelight Group

  • Marena Brinkhurst

    Marena Brinkhurst

    Community Team Program Manager

    Marena supports collaborations between Mapbox and external partners interested in using Mapbox tools to further their efforts for positive social and environmental change. Before joining Mapbox, she worked to secure customary and Indigenous land rights in Africa and Asia with Namati, and facilitated participatory planning efforts with Indigenous communities in Canada. Marena holds a master’s degree in natural resource management and planning from Simon Fraser University and a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences from the University of Guelph.

    Community Team Program Manager

Schedule

    • Day 1
    • November 21, 2022
    • 10:30am Sharing stories spatially: Get started with the Mapbox Storytelling solution10:30am - 11:30amDiscover a new format for telling stories using customized, interactive maps. This session will introduce the Mapbox storytelling solution - a template for a webpage that users scroll through to explore a story rooted to the landscape. The storytelling map format is very useful for creative projects, youth STEAM projects, advocacy campaigns, annual reports, andn more. Session participants will review several examples of storytelling maps and then take a step-by-step tour through how to build one. This is beginner-friendly, no prior knowledge of Mapbox, mapping, or web development is required.Speakers: Julia Conzon, Marena Smith

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