# CartoDB/odyssey.js

Making it easy to merge map and narrative

Repository: https://github.com/CartoDB/odyssey.js
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/odysseyjs
Language: JavaScript
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2015-12-09T15:32:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4606, "days_push": 3920, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1622, forks 182 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:12.577293+00:00)

## What it is
Odyssey.js is a JavaScript library that helps journalists, bloggers, and web publishers combine narratives with interactive maps and map interactions. It links page elements to slippy map actions and includes a sandbox editor for creating story documents.

## Use cases
- create scroll-driven map stories for journalism
- build interactive narrative maps for blog posts
- link page text and media to map movements and interactions
- prototype map storytelling interactions
- publish guided geographic tours with maps

## When to choose
- you want to tell a story that combines narrative text with an interactive map
- you need a lightweight browser-based library for map-driven storytelling
- you want a sandbox to prototype map narrative interactions

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library with recent updates and support
- you need general-purpose data visualization rather than map narratives
- you need non-browser or mobile-native map storytelling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: data-visualization, templating, ui-components
- domain: web-development, data-visualization, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: map-storytelling, narrative-maps, slippy-map, journalism, cartodb, leaflet, maps, javascript, web

## Member repositories
- CartoDB/odyssey.js (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.577293+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:48:54.271445+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/CartoDB/odyssey.js (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:12.577293+00:00, sha e850349cd24e)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/odyssey.js (fetched 2026-08-29T11:21:51.040788+00:00, sha df91e8806d02)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.