Abstract
Mapping Narrative Content and Structure in Online Atlases
Highlights
While print atlases could be logically organized as linear narratives, online atlases, a subset of digital atlases hosted on the web, have structural characteristics unique to the online medium
Online atlases could be reconsidered as Interactive Digital Narratives (IDNs)—narratives that change according to user input (Koenitz 2015)
Choice could manifest as map selection, as well as how users can navigate between different maps in the atlas, and how these choices contribute to the broader narrative
Summary
An atlas is a communication device—a selection of maps related by theme, or region, and organized into a volume (Buckley 2003). This is true for digital and online atlases, which have different possibilities of sequencing and structure than print. This research will examine current trends in online atlas narratives on both levels, analyzing structure and individual map content within 20 digital online atlases.
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