How to launch a Story Map Series at a specific entry
Story Map Series is a very useful story map template, ideal for presenting a series of maps and media using several different layout options: tabs, numbered bullets, or an expandable side accordion. By...
View ArticleHow to launch a Story Map Journal at a specific section
Story Map Journal is a very popular and versatile story map template, ideal for when you want to combine text with maps and other media. By default a Map Journal opens to the first section, also called...
View ArticleOpen a Story Map Tour at a specific tour stop
The Story Map Tour is one of the more popular Esri story map templates. It’s been used for stories like City of Santa Clara Development Projects, Top 10 Things to Experience in Tacoma, and many more...
View ArticleHow to Make Smart Color Choices in Your Maps
As the map-maker, you are the most valuable tool when creating a narrative around your data. An important way to get the intended reaction out of your audience is to be conscious about what colors you...
View ArticleCan GIS analysis make our roads safer?
Check out this case study Story Map showing spatial and temporal analyses of crash data in Brevard County, Florida. It begins with a simple space-time trend analysis, displaying the results in 3D....
View ArticleStory Maps Make Great Travelogues
In the summer of 2017 Lauren Herbine, a student at the College of William and Mary, set off from New Jersey on a cross-country road trip. Almost eight decades earlier, her grandfather had mounted a...
View ArticleExpand Your Story Mapping Skills with Learn ArcGIS
Telling stories is an art as old as speech itself — but an updated Learn ArcGIS lesson will show you how to add interactive maps, multimedia content, and text to the stories you tell. Get Started with...
View ArticleMaking “The Life and Works of Dr. Martin Luther King” Story Map
In recognition of the theme of the 2017 Geography Awareness Week—the geography of civil rights movements—and because I wanted to further experiment with what our Story Maps team calls...
View ArticleDepicting journeys in Story Map Cascade
Whenever I return from a vacation I can’t resist the urge to document it in the form of a story map. Last summer my family and I spent a week on the Isle of Arran in western Scotland. It took me a...
View ArticleUsing Point Cloud Scene Layers for Visual Analysis – Mud Creek Landslide
Recently Bernie posted a blog showing how you can use web scenes in different Story Map templates. I am going to show you how I created a Story Map using a web scene showing the progression of the Mud...
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