Tag: storymap
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GREEN ORANGES AND LAND
In the 2022–2023 growing season, the Florida Citrus industry recorded its lowest fruit output since 1935. Increasingly harsh environmental factors—including cold snaps, hurricanes, pests, and disease—have left Florida’s once dominant industry on the edge of collapse and a target for its own ravenous real estate market. This StoryMap covers a brief history of citrus in…
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2022 HOLIDAY LIGHTS
For the past two seasons, we’ve driven around a nearby neighborhood and recorded the quantity and “quality” of all holiday lights displays. The results for the 2022 season and a comparison with the previous year are shared in this brief StoryMap, below. Apart from being a fun new holiday tradition, I wanted to do this…
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T-MINUS 6000
My dad worked at Kennedy Space Center when I was a kid, and so unsurprisingly, I have a lot of interest in space programs. This ArcGIS StoryMap was created to highlight and explore data derived from Jonathan C McDowell’s website, Jonathan’s Space Report, and covers every attempted rocket launch to orbit around the world between…
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APALACHICOLA RIVER TABLE
Literal data table? Over several months, I designed and upgraded a tabletop salvaged from the dumpster to feature the entire Apalachicola River, curled into a spiral, with the headwaters at the table’s center. Then I made a Story Map explaining the process and highlighting all the reasons I think that river is awesome. Click the…
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OF ALL THE FISH IN THE SEA
This is an ArcGIS StoryMap — a sort of map-oriented, scrolly-story I made about the menhaden fishery, which has been an important part of the United States economy since its birth. It also touches on the ecological importance of menhaden and why we should manage them with care. An auto-scrolling, embedded version of the story…
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LIGHTS, CAPES, AND HURRICANES
This is an ArcGIS StoryMap. It’s a sort of interactive, map-oriented narrative and analysis about a section of the coast along the Florida Panhandle that I find particularly interesting. I put an auto-scrolling, embedded version of it below – but I recommend opening it in full screen, if interested, especially for those viewing on mobile.…