This is the blog post that had to accompany the submission of my assignment.
I based everything about this assignment around a fictional narrative that i was writing as i was going. Each narrative has been written in markers that have been tagged on the map. This is a similar structure to the 21 steps narrative that we were shown earlier on in the semester, i thought that this would be the most effective way of doing it. All the images that have been Geo-tagged have been taken from Flickr.
Though these images are not my own i have abide by the copyright and have only used images that have creative commons and am legally allowed to use them. One thing that i wanted to do but couldn't was embed music in either the markers or the side bar of Blogger. Due to my lack of knowledge this did not get completed, though i am certain that there would be ways of doing it.
I chose to put a readers choice into the narrative to create a sense of interactivity fro the reader. I thought that this was needed since Blogs and content on the net today is relatively interactive.
There is no particular reason why i chose to create the narrative that i did, it was just what came to my head at the time.
Overall it turned out exactly how iu wanted it to minus the music so i am pretty happy, hope you enjoy it to.
Regards Luke Whitmore
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Introduction/Instructions
Welcome this is a fictional narrative based in Canberra, Australia. The narrative has been embedded onto Google maps. Please note that the story has been based around real places but fictional events, so if you find that your house has been labeled as a place of crime or something else that it is not, don’t be alarmed no such things have ever happened.
This is an interactive narrative that uses Geo-tagged images from Flickr and maps that have been taken straight from Google maps. The narrative has been broken up into chapters each chapter has a series of maps that have been given directions these directions relate completely to where the character in the narrative is traveling.
To interact with this properly each destination has been embedded before the narrative starts, allowing the reader to get an idea of where the character is in regards to positioning. To start the narrative you will need to go to the embedded post called “Anywhere but here – beginning of the narrative”. Each embedded map has been zoomed in on where the narrative starts for that option, so start at the beginning of the line.
There are different coloured markers in each narrative. The Blue is used for the narrative itself in the opening narrative and the First choice. The green marker is used in all narratives to show Geo-tagged images. The red markers in the Second option represent the narrative, The bus icon’s represent that the character is traveling on a bus.
I couldn’t do much to change the format of the Blogger template so the markers that have the narrative in them tend to not fit the screen. To counter this I would recommend that you click on the larger map link underneath the embedded map, which will take to the map directly on Google maps itself.
Other than that everything is fine, so enjoy.
This is an interactive narrative that uses Geo-tagged images from Flickr and maps that have been taken straight from Google maps. The narrative has been broken up into chapters each chapter has a series of maps that have been given directions these directions relate completely to where the character in the narrative is traveling.
To interact with this properly each destination has been embedded before the narrative starts, allowing the reader to get an idea of where the character is in regards to positioning. To start the narrative you will need to go to the embedded post called “Anywhere but here – beginning of the narrative”. Each embedded map has been zoomed in on where the narrative starts for that option, so start at the beginning of the line.
There are different coloured markers in each narrative. The Blue is used for the narrative itself in the opening narrative and the First choice. The green marker is used in all narratives to show Geo-tagged images. The red markers in the Second option represent the narrative, The bus icon’s represent that the character is traveling on a bus.
I couldn’t do much to change the format of the Blogger template so the markers that have the narrative in them tend to not fit the screen. To counter this I would recommend that you click on the larger map link underneath the embedded map, which will take to the map directly on Google maps itself.
Other than that everything is fine, so enjoy.
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