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How 'story maps' redraw the world using people's real-life experiences

  • Written by Lauren Drakopulos, PhD Candidate, Department of Georgaphy, University of Washington
Story maps like this one can help policymakers better understand and respond to the needs of recently resettled refugees. S. Juneja, Author provided

Maps are an important part of our everyday lives.

We use them for driving directions, to look up restaurants or stores and parse election data. We can even use smartphone maps to locate friends when...

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