We’re excited to introduce a major enhancement to our maps feature: Region Coloring. Journalists and editorial staff can color different regions on their maps, making it easier than ever to illustrate trends, highlight key areas and present data-driven stories with clarity.
To showcase the power of Region Coloring, let’s take a look at two of Italy’s most beloved islands: Sardinia and Sicily. By applying distinct colors to these regions, we can easily illustrate a news story about tourism numbers year over year. Stripes indicate a decrease in visitors over the year before, while a solid color indicates an increase in visitors.
Why Region Coloring Matters for News
In today’s fast-paced news environment, visual storytelling is essential. Whether you’re covering election results, tracking public health data, or illustrating demographic changes, Region Coloring helps bring your maps to life. With this feature, you can:
- Enhance Storytelling: Use color gradients to show voting trends, economic disparities, or regional developments.
- Improve Readability: Make complex data easier for readers to understand at a glance.
- Customize for Your Coverage: Apply custom colors to match your editorial style and highlight key areas effectively.
How It Works
Getting started with Region Coloring is simple:
- Select Your Map: Choose the geographic area relevant to your news story
- Define Your Regions: Select the regions or territories to illustrate your data
- Apply brand colors: Use our intuitive interface to assign colors based on your corporate styles
- Publish & Engage: Use your color-coded map to provide clear, compelling visualizations for your audience.
Visualizing a power outage around Kathmandu where solids and stripes are used to show regions with and without power.
Publish where you meet your audience
And the best part? Our multiplatform capabilities mean you can create once and export anywhere. Whether you’re publishing to your website, sharing on social media, or including in your broadcast your maps will be optimized for every media platform where your audience engages with your content.
Ready to Try It?
The new Region Coloring feature is available now. Start using it today to create more impactful news graphics and data visualizations!
We’d love to hear your feedback. Try it out and let us know how it’s helping you tell better stories with data.
