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Open your exhibit in editing mode. Click on the Plugins dropdown at the top of the editing panel and select the "SIMILE Timeline" option. Enter a date into the "Default Date" field. This is the date that the timeline will automatically focus on…

This layer shows the outlines of continents, both known and unknown. The only color on the map traces the known coasts of North America (yellow), Greenland and nearby land (green), and Asia (pink). The relatively unknown coasts of the land around…

To create a point, line, or polygon associated with a record, open the record and select the "map" tab. Let's say you want to create 3 points for a single record (marking cities on your map, for example). Select "draw point" and click on the…

In the language of Omeka/Neatline, the more formal term for a "blurb" is a narrative, or description. To add one to your exhibit: Select Neatline from the main dashboard Find the listing for your exhibit and click on "exhibit settings" Enter…

Counties shaded based on number of deaths/total population

Here is a map created in Paris in 1800 by cartographer Charles Francois Delemarche. It was created for an educational atlas for children, and this map appears to be a political map of Europe. Focussing on France, Delamarche shows the boundary of…

"This “Guide Map of the City of Detroit for Bicyclists, Showing Pavements” was copyrighted during the bicycle boom of the 1890’s...The map’s title points out its most striking detail: the color-coded mish-mash of various pavement types, ranging from…