Maps are effective ways to share information about the land. Terraso Story Maps makes it easy to present geospatial information through story maps or to share standalone maps in groups and landscapes.
Supported map file formats in Terraso Story Maps
Terraso Story Maps supports a variety of map file formats, including CSV, Excel, GeoJSON, KML, KMZ, and Esri shapefile format. Learn more about these formats and how to prepare your data files for mapping.
Don’t have a map file? Read our guide on how to make a map file to get started.
Types of maps
There are two types of maps in Terraso Story Maps: standalone maps in groups or landscapes, and story maps.
Maps are self-contained representations of data that can be viewed and shared by members of the group or landscape where they have been shared.
Story maps are maps that combine text, media, and data to communicate a message. Story maps can be thought of as a series of maps connected by a narrative thread in the form of chapters.
Both consist of a base map—an underlying image or representation of the Earth—and one or more map layers—representations of data in the form of points, lines, and polygons. Style map layers with different colors and levels of opacity.
Ways to make maps
Use a map file to make a map in a group or landscape, or add it directly as a map layer to a story map. Maps can also be copied from a landscape or group into a story map.
