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this is mine! thanks for the share. code for the project is all open source here: https://github.com/chicagomaroon/data-visualizations/tree/ma.... this was my first larger custom story project. maplibre for the map, waypoints for scroller helper and the rest just vanilla js/html/css. hosted on github pages. i have another project that has lots of other examples of cool viz i like (filter to about visualizations) https://content-we-love-54fa79867044.herokuapp.com/

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This is absolutely lovely. Thank you.

The underlying map is modern across all timelines. What would be super awesome is if the underlying map would also change, based on historical propery deeds, maps and ariel photos. For example, the 1893 world's fair is when much housing was constructed. The entire coastline also changed during this timeline. This would be an order of magnitude more work...

love that idea! reminds me of a piece by the philadelphia inquirer that i drew inspo from : https://www.inquirer.com/history/inq2/chinatown-history-time...

Is there a place to submit an issue with the data? The final map makes it look like a bunch of properties around the neighborhood were purchased by the University between 2004 and 2005. But I recognize one of them (5125 S. Kenwood, just south of Hyde Park Blvd/51st St.) as my first grad school apartment: I lived there throughout the 1998-99 academic year, and it was definitely a university-owned/managed building at the time.

yes, can send an email to data@chicagomaroon.com! there are a chunk of apartments that were very hard to get exact dates for so a few are approx but would love to improve the accuracy.

Thank you for working on and sharing this project, it's a wonderful example of how maps help tell / connect the stories through the years. It was also nice to see the piece you drew inspiration from that you linked to in another comment.

I'm curious -- each section (after the transitional animation) seems like it translates quite well to being a fixed page, and I'm wondering if you've looked at there being an easy way to generate a version that could be printed?

The reason I ask is that I'm working on a family history project which involves various locations, maps, newspaper stories and old photographs, and whilst something interactive feels like it would be an engaging way to do it, for the long term it's always good to have a printed copy of anything :)

I could imagine if there was an easy way to generate a print version of your articles, some people would pay for a copy (that was printed professionally in a suitable photobook-style format).

Apologies if there is a simple way to generate this and I've missed it in my cursory glance around the code :)

I have not but this is a good flag and will think more about it! i think newsrooms have spent a lot of time thinking about how to translate online first material to print and vice versa so there may be some ideas to draw from. The freedom and creativity that comes with bespoke online first projects does cause some challenges to easy exporting to print versions.

Thanks for the quick reply -- yes, I imagine there is some prior art for this, although I'm often amazed at how hard it still is to print (even just to print to save a pdf) from many websites!

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