New Possibilities for Historical Place-based Storytelling
"We organize information on maps in order to see our knowledge in a new way... To ask for a map is to say, "Tell me a story." ~ Peter Tuchi, Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer.
Today I learned that the historic maps posted on the Maps Etc web site can be transferred to Google maps as an overlay. This is great news for place-based storytellers. When I lead place-based storytelling projects workshops, teachers often ask if they can import historical maps and plot markers related to Canadian historical events. CommunityWalk, the digital mapping tool I use for place-based storytelling projects does not allow for this. You can only access modern day maps on CommunityWalk. Now that I've learned about Google maps ability to import historical maps from Maps Etc I am going to experiment with this. See my place-based storytelling telecollaborative project Find a Story, Map a Story, Tell a Story
Below: Canada, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia 1492-1607 (click to enlarge)
