I’m a computer scientist and historian, and I’ve finally been able to create a small platform called globstory.it. The platform helps users read a text while simultaneously viewing a geographical map.
Currently, it fetches a Wikipedia article, and if a user hovers over the name of a country (or clicks, if on mobile) or a year, the map is automatically updated to reflect that information.
I would really appreciate your feedback, especially since we are still in the initial stages of development. The platform is still somewhat buggy, and there are many features I’d like to add in the future—especially with AI.
Thanks for sharing. I’ve added a link to this application to the OHM bibliography and to our documentation on reusing OHM as an example for others to follow.
I think the question about feedback should be directed to us : ) - how can we make improve OHM to make it more useful to you?
What you’ve done is impressive and exactly the type of tool we’d hoped people would build on top of OHM.
What are your plans for supporting a multilingual UI? I know that GlobStory.it can pull up multilingual content from Wikipedia. We’re hoping to have localized labeling in the near future, so please take a look at what we’re up to, let us know if there’s anything else you’d need, and please consider it in your own planning.
For planning, to @Minh_Nguyen’s encouragement to use MapLibre - I think you’ll find that more modern and performant. It’s also the direction we’re headed for rendering.
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