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What do you mean by static?

Yes, the tiles for our locator maps [0] are self-generated and hosted based on OSM source data and the OpenMapTiles project.

The boundaries used for choropleths [1] are maintained by us based on various public sources (NaturalEarthData, OSM, government data, …)

[0] https://www.datawrapper.de/maps/locator-map [1] https://www.datawrapper.de/maps/choropleth-map

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Can you zoom in and drag your locator maps around once embedded? I only see images being generated

The maps are rendered live (not as images), which is needed for responsiveness, but they are not draggable/zoomable. This is a product decision based on the explanatory/storytelling nature of the feature, we go into more detail here: https://academy.datawrapper.de/article/216-why-its-not-possi...

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