Mapping software giant Esri has recently published “story maps,” self contained interactives in which maps anchor the narrative. The latest example uses symbols on a world map to show the destination cities of Titanic passengers. Larger symbols represent more passengers traveling to a specific destination. It also has a pie chart showing how many survived the disaster:
Using the top navigation bar you can toggle the maps to see how passengers in the various ticket classes fared. More than half of the first-class passengers survived, for example, while only about a quarter of the third-class passengers (think Leonardo DiCaprio‘s character) survived:
