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Linear vs. Non-Linear Storytelling: The Map Tour Template
We’ve been developing story maps for over a year now, and from the start we’ve defined the term liberally. Many, even most, of our stories are non-linear; that is, they allow the user to browse and...
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Multi-dimensional Mapping: The Civil War Story Map
Ongoing sesquicentennial observances have heightened interest in a topic that millions of Americans have always found spellbinding. The saga of the Civil War seemed an ideal opportunity to test some...
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Web Map, Intelligent Map, Story Map: What’s the Difference?
You may have noticed that Esri has been using several terms to describe maps that are enabled for the web and mobile via ArcGIS Online. We’ve described web maps as one of the key features of ArcGIS...
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Cause-Related Mapping
Many of us are familiar with the term “cause-related marketing.” Sometimes the phrase is applied in a broad sense to any effort to increase public awareness of an important issue. A narrower...
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Creating and Customizing a Story Map — From a Non-GISer
Our friends at GISi recently published a great post about how one of their non-GIS people created a story map. One of our writers had just created a Halloween-themed story map and we thought it would...
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Story Map Journal: A Geo-Multimedia Extravaganza
In July the Esri Story Maps team released the Story Map Journal, a new storytelling app that enables users to combine long-form text with rich multimedia content. Among the app’s features: A “main...
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