
These features give a few things to journalists: Those with a general idea of where an event is can now poke around the Snap Map to find a more exact location.


The map also plots friends who have chosen to share their location. Additionally, geo-fencing has long meant that only local stories could be seen.īy pinching the home screen, Snapchat users can now pull up a detailed heatmap of all public stories, everywhere. Snap Stories, while often compelling and newsworthy, don’t provide the usernames of their contributors, so there’s no way for journalists to reach out to witnesses for comment or permission to use their content. A recent Map of a “New York City” search.
