Opensource alternative of ESRI Story Map
During one of my assignment , I wanted to create story map that is open , free to use and available to everybody . ESRI story maps are popular however ESRI being commercial provider and you need license or be vendor locked to use their products . So hunt for open source alternatives begins.
Existing Alternatives
Explaination … Features , Advantages , Disadvantages [TBD]
StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events.
Example :
It has good solid and easy to use method to develop division based on icon on maps , But it doesn’t support more division like map animation , Scrolling page !
Explaination … Features , Advantages , Disadvantages [TBD]
I have developed my own version of story map in this website : https://kshitijrajsharma.github.io/ds-storymap/
I developed this story map using maplibre and maplibre-storymap resource as provided in above list . This is demonstration of the usage and my semester prsentation
I have added few custom features including
- Presentation timer
- Image Slider
- Image enlarger on click
- Dynamic Navbar that updates on map scoll
- Add options for credit logos , welcome image and etc…
Blog Writting in Progress …
