Telling Stories with Maps

“It’s about telling stories with care — stories that embracedetail, hold complexity, and reveal the patterns that shape the way we live andunderstand place”

– Anusuya Datta * GoGeomatics Canada *“Original, informative, extraordinary, thought-provoking, deftly crafted, and thoroughly ‘reader friendly’ in organization and presentation, “Telling Stories with Maps: Lessons from a Lifetime of Creating Place-Based Narratives” by Allen Carroll is a unique and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Cartography History collections and supplemental Remote Sensing/Geographic Information Systems curriculum studies lists.” – Micah Andrew * Midwest Book Review *

“There are a great many takeaways a reader can gain fromthis book. It provides useful guidance for a first-time user of ArcGISStoryMaps—outlining the importance of storytelling, demonstrating differentways to utilize maps in conjunction with images and text, and offeringpractical tips for using Esri’s storytelling platform—but its reader-shipshould not be limited to beginners…anyone interested in any method ofstorytelling can benefit from, and be inspired by, its content. Carroll has animpressive history in cartography and his writing clearly demonstrates hisstrong desire to share his insights with the community.”

– Debbie Gibbons * Cartographic Perspectives *

Allen Carroll designed scores of maps for National Geographic magazine and other publications during his 27-year career there. He began as an art director, designing diagrams, infographics, and historical reconstructions. From 1998 to 2010, as the Society’s chief cartographer, he oversaw creation of reference and wall maps, globes, and atlases, as well as page maps and large-format supplement maps for the magazine. He led the creation of the Seventh and Eighth editions of the World Atlas, incorporating satellite imagery and thematic maps, and integrating them with interactive Web resources. He spearheaded the publication of web resources and other special projects featuring biodiversity, conservation, and indigenous cultures. After joining Esri in 2010, he founded its StoryMaps team, developing web tools for telling place-based stories combining interactive maps and multimedia content. He leads an editorial team that publishes ArcGIS StoryMaps and supports a global community of storytellers.

English-born Tony Wheeler arrived in Australia with his wife Maureen in late 1972 after a six-month Asia overland trip from Europe with 27 cents between them. A year later they started Lonely Planet Publications to publish Across Asia on the Cheap, followed by South-East Asia on a Shoestring. By 2011 when it was sold Lonely Planet had become the world’s largest independent guidebook publisher. Today, Tony and Maureen support travel, health, education, and arts projects around the world through the Planet Wheeler Foundation. Travel and discovery continue to drive Tony.