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Google Maps,
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Wikipedia,
SoundCloud
and more media types in the future.
Creating one is as easy as filling in a Google spreadsheet or as detailed as JSON.
Tips and tricks to best utilize TimelineJS.
Keep it short, and write each event as a part of a larger narrative.
Pick stories that have a strong chronological narrative. It does not work well for stories that need to jump around in the timeline.
Include events that build up to major occurrences. Not just the major events.
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Tom Johnson on 09 Apr 12What is Crisis Mapping? An Update on the Field and Looking Ahead Posted on January 20, 2011 | 13 Comments I last updated my piece on A Brief History of Crisis Mapping some two years ago, well before the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping was held (ICCM 2009). So a brief update on the past 24 months may be in order, especially for a field that continues to grow so rapidly. When I Googled the term "crisis mapping" in September 2009, I got 8,680 hits. Today, one gets over 200,000. If you're curious about the origins of the field and what happened before 2009, my original blog post still serves as a useful intro. I also recommend this recent video on Changing the World One Map at a Time and this earlier blog post on Proposing the Field of Crisis Mapping (also from 2009).