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Telling Stories with Maps - Esri UK Annual Conference 2016ac
Telling stories with maps
Ben Flanagan & Jess Wynne, Esri UK
17th May 2016 | QEII Conference Centre
Esri UK Annual Conference 2016
Overview of
Story Maps
Tips to improve
your Stories New for 2016
Making a
Story Map
What is a Story Map?
Story Maps are simple web apps that combine
web maps with multimedia content to tell
geography-based stories
Photo, video
and audio
Interactive maps Text
+ +
What is a Story Map?
Story Map Apps
Story Map Tour
Sequential narrative
Story Map
Journal
Journal-style
narrative
Story Map Basic
Displaying a single
map
Story Map Swipe
and Spyglass
Comparing two
maps
Story Map Series
Comparing related
maps
Six ways to use Story Maps
1
Telling a story
The Times & Esri UK
Six ways to use Story Maps
2
Raising
Awareness
Bird Life International
Six ways to use Story Maps
3
Creating a
report
NHS Highland
Six ways to use Story Maps
4
Highlighting
key locations
City of York Council
Six ways to use Story Maps
5
Sharing
Analysis
UWE Bristol – Students
Six ways to use Story Maps
6
Comparing
two maps
Esri UK
Six ways to use Story Maps
Who uses Story Maps?
Technical
ArcGIS Online
Hosting
Scalability
Portal for
ArcGIS
Hosting
Hosting
Blog style authoring experience
Responsively designed apps
Creating your Story Map
Build within ArcGIS Online
storymaps.arcgis.com
Story Map Gallery
My stories
Story Map Tour Story Map Journal
Most popular apps
Demo
Top tips
Think about your audience
Don’t always accept the default
Configure pop-ups
List of attributes A custom attribute display
Basemaps
Coming Soon
“readers just want to scroll”
Coming soon
Ben Flanagan
bflanagan@esriuk.com
@benflan
Jess Wynne
jwynne@esriuk.com
@GIS_Jess
More information
• Story Maps Website
http://storymaps.arcgis.com
• Story Map Gallery
http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/support/
• Story Map Support
http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/support/
• Free Training
http://www.esri.com/mooc/diy-geo-apps
• Cascade template (summer 2016 release)
http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2016/the-uprooted/
• Follow the Story Maps team on twitter
@EsriStoryMaps

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