Accidental Better Plan

For more time than I’d like to admit to, I’ve worked to figure out how to configure my map layers so that they don’t show up on load, or flash and then disappear with the scrollytelling/mapping library I’m using (scrollama+mapbox). So frustrating!

But today, I had an idea…what if I just load the map centered on the Atlantic ocean, so that none of my javascript created map layers are visible on load.

I’ve done a few experiments, and so far, I’m thinking that this has led me to a much better storytelling approach. On each scroll, we now zoom in a little more on the map with my layers shown and hidden, as I want them.

I still have to work on this, and improve it…but I think I’m on a much better track than spinning my wheels with library issues.

originally posted as a devlog: https://artatomic.itch.io/stickers-and-stamps/devlog/409127/accidental-better-plan