M Mappls Stories
Method

URBAN CLIMATE · VISUAL ESSAY

The shade
between us.

Scroll the neighbourhoods

THE PATTERN

Shade is not evenly
distributed.

average canopy
illustrative trees
neighbourhood lenses

Connected canopy cools whole journeys. Fragmented planting cools isolated moments. The useful question is not only how many trees exist—but who can walk from home to school, work, transit, and care in continuous shade.

METHOD & PROVENANCE

A story should show
its working.

Validated input

GeoJSON type, geometry, bounds, identity, sequence, values, limits, and text safety are checked before a chapter renders.

Deterministic encoding

Canopy percentage drives a documented color class and marker radius. No visual value is chosen by hidden model inference.

Honest fixture

Production Mappls

Replace the illustrative canvas with Web Maps JS, keep the compiled story manifest, and bind each chapter to supported camera and layer APIs.