In this article, I review considerations and techniques for approaching cartographic design
as visual storytelling. Stories, like maps, are a method for documenting and explaining, for …

Place is a concept that can hardly be formally captured at the moment, as it is unclear how
instances of places can formally be represented and how conclusions about places can …

In the visualization community, it is often assumed that visual data storytelling increases
memorability and engagement, making it more effective at communicating information …

Epidemics and pandemics are geographical in nature and constitute spatial, temporal, and
thematic phenomena across large ranges of scales: local infections with a global spread; …

Maps, like other types of extensive data collections, are usually created and maintained by a
larger number of individuals. The number of individuals using the map is even larger in most …

Recent research in cartography has described how maps can tell stories; however, little
research has empirically evaluated how storytelling can guide how map design decisions …

With a large number of data stories expressed in diverse genres of narrative visualization,
storytelling is currently growing in popularity in the field of visualization. In this paper, we …

Research on contemporary urban movements analyse how young people assert their right
to the city by using street protests and occupations to physically reclaim urban space …

This editorial presents a special collection of papers addressing the concept of place and its
use in geographical information science (GIScience). The concept of place is a topic of …

Digital storytelling has been established as an effective approach for promoting visitor
engagement in cultural heritage contexts. Interactive digital storytelling is however not as …