[JohnHammersley]

Thank you for working on and sharing this project, it's a wonderful example of how maps help tell / connect the stories through the years. It was also nice to see the piece you drew inspiration from that you linked to in another comment.

I'm curious -- each section (after the transitional animation) seems like it translates quite well to being a fixed page, and I'm wondering if you've looked at there being an easy way to generate a version that could be printed?

The reason I ask is that I'm working on a family history project which involves various locations, maps, newspaper stories and old photographs, and whilst something interactive feels like it would be an engaging way to do it, for the long term it's always good to have a printed copy of anything :)

I could imagine if there was an easy way to generate a print version of your articles, some people would pay for a copy (that was printed professionally in a suitable photobook-style format).

Apologies if there is a simple way to generate this and I've missed it in my cursory glance around the code :)

[asteinhart]

I have not but this is a good flag and will think more about it! i think newsrooms have spent a lot of time thinking about how to translate online first material to print and vice versa so there may be some ideas to draw from. The freedom and creativity that comes with bespoke online first projects does cause some challenges to easy exporting to print versions.

[JohnHammersley]

Thanks for the quick reply -- yes, I imagine there is some prior art for this, although I'm often amazed at how hard it still is to print (even just to print to save a pdf) from many websites!