This Morning I came across a very unusual site (http://wetellstories.co.uk/stories/week1/) it uses Google map APIs' to narrate stories. I appreciated it and the way it was narrated . A nice idea making stories a bit more real than plain text. HAIL http://maps.google.com/
It is more interesting to see a character move actually though the real map of the place where the scene is set than imagining it. We explore the real place as we explore the story, what a way to gain some info. Watching multiple characters move on the map makes a lot sense with the dialogues and situations. Like in the story of "THE 21 STEPS" the protagonist takes a tube from an actual tube stop in NY. Another situation where the protagonist talks with a character on the jet-plane tracks the view gives a real feeling.
It would be really great if something like this can be done on Google Earth. It would be awesome to go through each street in the play and explore stuff.
And People who want to create such MapFi-Stories here's a link for the tutorial.
http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/27/digital-storytelling-part-v-google-maps/
It would be really great if something like this can be done on Google Earth. It would be awesome to go through each street in the play and explore stuff.
And People who want to create such MapFi-Stories here's a link for the tutorial.
http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/05/27/digital-storytelling-part-v-google-maps/
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