Attached to this post is a summarised list of how some existing one-place study websites use maps, as found by PeterC at a particular point of time. Feel free to comment on, or add to, this list in replies or new topics; and I will try to keep it updated.
The studies have included various ways of displaying maps, and those of particular interest are listed below (with links to some examples):
A) The simplest way that one-placers have included maps is just to
mention where to find them, or to
link to another website where they can be found.
B) The most common way that one-placers have displayed maps is to
include images of them on a website. This is more complex than it may seem, because different website have implemented different actions when the images are clicked on. These click actions can be:
- no action - the only way you can examine the image in detail is by enlarging the webpage itself (eg using Ctrl/+ or Zoom)
- open a lightbox version of the image (Chipping Sodbury, Springhill, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford)
- open the same image in a new browser window - again with this image the only way you can examine the image in detail is by zooming
- open an enlarged version of the image in a new browser window - depending on the browser you may then be able to scroll round the image, and zoom, in a limited way (Badsey, West Lulworth - pdf)
- open an enlarged version of the image in some form of zooming software - this gives you complete control over moving around and zooming the image (Holywell-cum-Needingworth)
- open a different site that contains the map, with varying options (Bredevoort)
- on hover see an enlarged version - like MagicZoom (Pocklington)
C) An enhancement to this is to show
groups of maps, each of which can be clicked on in one of the above ways:
D) Another simple, but useful, way that one-placers have used is as
comparative maps - two or more georeferenced maps side by side or layered so that eg you can see how a street changed over time
- One example is a book prepared by (crudely) georeferencing the 25 inch OS maps of the village to show how each street changed over time (Holywell-cum-Needingworth)
E) Another useful way that one-placers have displayed maps is with
annotations (either on the map or beside it, and where the annotations may themselves be links)
F) Some one-place studies have developed
hotspot maps, with the hotspot actions being one of:
In terms of technology for hotspot maps:
G) Some one-place studies have displayed
statistical maps eg with numbers, colours or shading showing how some factor varies
There are a number of one-place studies where various types of map are displayed in various styles (
Chrich,
San Fele)
