Records

Records are the most common type of content on the map. These can be stories, events, images, videos – text – anything, really. Every black pin on the map represents one record, and every white circle with a number in the centre represents the number of records shown in the centre.

Examples:

• #RememberHer Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) on Layers of London
• Huntriss Row on Scarborough Atlas

Collections

Collections are made from groups of records with a common theme. They don’t have pins on the map, but the records they are made of do.

Examples:

• A Medieval City on Coventry Atlas
• Albert Dock on Mapping Memory

Overlays

Overlays are either historical maps or data that lies on top of the base map.

Examples:

• World Map, 1900 on the Refugee Map
• Charles Booth’s Poverty Map on Layers of London

Trails

Trails are walkable series of records that you can explore online or in person. Their pins are green with an illustration of a map pin with a route.

Examples:

• Scarborough Old Town on Scarborough Atlas
• Radical Clerkenwell Trail on Layers of London

Journeys

Journeys tell stories of people/items that travelled great distances, like an ocean voyage.

Examples:

• Wilhelm Pollak’s journey to safety on the Refugee Map

Timelines

Timelines can be used to tell stories over periods of time, like decades or centuries.