Comments on “Mapme Stories
Ben Lang@benln · Spoke
Hi PH'ers! We've been busy at Mapme building a new product, while continuing to grow our classic mapping product. Excited to share it with you and hear your thoughts. We think that maps have the potential to become their own medium of storytelling and this product can make that happen. Mapme Stories is an incredibly easy tool for sharing stories through ma… See more
Jp Valery@jpvalery · Product Manager @ Gameloft
@benln @mapme Some typos in the UEFA map ;) http://imgur.com/0zNxCAf
Ben Lang@benln · Spoke
@jpvalery Thanks! http://www.goal.com made that one, we'll let them know.
João Antunes@joantune · co partner, Survs
@benln @mapme I was doing something called MapItOff until the team broke off, and it was something a bit similar. This is cool! Also, have you checked out how Google tells a story when you take pictures and make one? (don't recall the name) there are cool inspiring things for a story like approach to maps there.
Ben Lang@benln · Spoke
@joantune Nice! Google photos has an awesome feature that create maps with your photos. We want to do social integrations in future, pull from twitter etc.
Misha Plotkine@misha_plotkine · MobyTrip.com
@benln @mapme Awesome update guys! love the new background feature!
João Antunes@joantune · co partner, Survs
@benln integrating it with social networks can help by easing the process of creation of a map. However, originally i was referring to the interface of Google photo when it tells stories. That interwoving between maps and pictures is stunning IMO. If I were you, I would find out if people really want to pull photos from social before doing that, or if they… See more
João Antunes@joantune · co partner, Survs
PS: @benln I saw @bouazizalex westeros map that he posted, and I love the way it's shown on mobile! The embedded version feels quite clunky though (it might be from the original site, but it took quite some time to load ) Also, the embedded version didn't recognize that I was in mobile, so, in a phone, it's not that good of an experience. You guys shou… See more