Project Status Update 1

I will probably not be doing too much with the actual building of the story map for a couple more weeks. For now I am re-reading The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne and as well as select parts of The Myth of the Great War by John Mosier and taking notes. Christina Holstein's books Walking Verdun: A Guide to the Battlefield and Fort Vaux: Verdun, are currently in the mail and I should have them this week for further note taking. I have asked Martin, UWEC's GeoSpatial Technology Facilitator, to plot these two maps for me for easy note taking of enemy lines and fort locations.

Looking through story maps on ESRI's website, I found a couple that have a sort of timeline feature that I could use for my project. There is a bar on the bottom of the screen that cycles through different maps and can be organized by date. Using this feature will let me easily convey enemy line progression and changes in fort possession over time. I am not sure how I will be able to fit in the DEM of the battlefield or view shed analyses, maybe at the end of the timeline I could include them without a date attached.

Here are two story map examples I found with the timeline: Comprehensive Timeline Five Year Program 2013-2017
UK UFO Sightings 2009 Timeline

I also found these two examples that don't have a timeline feature but have displayed information in a time sensitive manner: A Timeline of the UK's Tallest Buildings     Syria Timeline

As I continue to take notes I will have a better idea which template and style of project I will want to make. Either going in depth with battlefield lines and making a timeline map, or going more into the history with old pictures and make a more general storymap.

I have also made a 17x11in thank you poster for both the chefs, who cooked us dinner the first half of the trip, and the Salliers Familie, who welcomed us into there home for dinner the last half of the trip. Here are the first drafts, subject to change: