Geostory

In MapStore, GeoStory is a tool that allows to create inspiring and immersive stories by combining text, interactive maps, and other multimedia content like images and video or other third party contents. Through this tool you can simply tell your stories on the web and then publish and share them with different groups of MapStore user or make them public to everyone around the world.

GeoStory demo

GeoStory demo

The user can approach a story in two different ways:

  • Creating a new story or editing an existing one through the Edit Mode

  • Enjoy the story and interact with it, through the View Mode

Edit Mode

The Edit Mode allows the user to edit a story by adding, removing or modifying the elements inside it. This mode and its tools are used both to edit an existing story and to create a new one.

GeoStory empty

GeoStory empty

The GeoStory content can be organized with Sections, that can be added with the button in the Container area. In particular, the user can add to the story the following kind of sections:

GeoStory sections

GeoStory sections

View Mode

The View Mode corresponds to the final result of your story composition that will be visible to end users on the web.