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MapStory, as a complement to Wikipedia, is a new dimension to the global data commons that empowers a global user community to organize all knowledge about the world spatially and temporally. Perhaps more important, MapStory is an infrastructure for enabling “MapStorytelling” as a means of communicating important issues to a global audience. The goal is to enable any student, teacher or practitioner on Earth to tap the power of this new mode of conveying one’s stories, arrayed across geography and as they unfold over time, leading to a consistently accumulating and improving global body of knowledge about global dynamics, worldwide, over the course of history. Read more... MapStory Quicklinks MapStory Head to MapStory to create an account! Getting Started Step 1: Learn by visiting MapStory How-To and reading Tutorials created by other users Step 2: Get Help or add to the MapStory Project Ideas list to have someone help you Step 3: Go Deeper by reading the User Manual following the MapStory Blog, or becoming a Volunteer MapStory Project Ideas Add your project idea to this list if you're looking for collaborators or find one that interests you and help someone out! StoryLayer Data Repository Add to or access great data sources for MapStory projects Wishlist A running list of platform and community enhancements we'd love to achieve if resources were available About Us Learn more about the MapStory Foundation, Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

Image of the Week MapStory DC Meetup View Image Archive Follow MapStory News May 30 Ability to upload rasters to MapStory April 25 MapStory Local launched April 8 Teaching fellows announced April 2 Ability to share reflections on other MapStories

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