Guidelines for Preserving New Forms of Scholarship

Dynamic maps such as those generated with Google Maps, consist of many smaller map tiles that are loaded on the fly as users pan and zoom. Web crawlers cannot easily capture this experience, nor can this be exported. If the map is not the focal point of the work and is being used to present a small number of locations, consider using one or more still images. Display the place name and coordinates for the pin in the caption and provide a link to a live map.

These guidelines offer alternative ways to manage dynamic map features:
16. Captions add important context to non-text features
53. Consider web page designs that pre-load all data when the page loads

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