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Now you can add data to story maps

By Derek Caelin

Terraso’s latest update brings the ability to attach geospatial data to story map chapters.

Among other things, this update allows you to:

  • Showcase Land Management Plans: Follow in the footsteps of our partners at Heifer International, who used Terraso to highlight how Honduran ranchers restored their land through a new rotational grazing plan.
  • Present Research Data: Make your research data accessible by presenting it layer by layer. ALDEA did just that using the map layer feature to present a detailed report on carbon credit theft in Ecuador.
  • Document Territories: Help your audience understand the zones owned and managed by indigenous groups by documenting these territories with precision.

The data in story maps feature was frequently requested by our co-design partners, and we are grateful for their input. A special thank you to our colleagues at AlVelAl, Heifer International, CI-Guyana, ALDEA Foundation, and everyone else who contributed to making this feature a reality.Getting started on your own story map with data layers is easy! Simply  upload your data to a Terraso group or landscape, make a map, and embed as a layer in a chapter. Learn more about creating story maps.

Happy storytelling!

a gif animation showing a story map with multiple chapters, each represented by a layer of data

Author

  • Derek Caelin is the Product Manager for Terraso at Tech Matters. Derek is a technologist who has spent years training activists and civil society organizations in developing countries and conflict zones on how to use digital tools to communicate, mobilize, and organize. Derek is particularly focused on creating, researching, and sharing open source technology so that all people can benefit from free, collectively produced software. His writings on community-maintained software, games for social impact, privacy, and the effect of tech platforms on society, have been published in Foreign Policy and OneZero. Connect with him on Mastodon

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