Here’s the 7th lesson from my year 2 undergraduate module in Online Journalism, where I look at a range of examples of mapping in journalism, as well as the broader idea of image maps (the rest of the series can be found here):
Interactive Maps and Image Maps
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Picked up mapalist.com from this, really useful tool. Used it to create this: http://blogpreston.co.uk/2009/11/mapping-prestons-old-and-current-pubs/