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Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them Allen Carroll, Moderator Anne Reynolds, Mike Lippmann, Carrie Tropasso, Doreen Whitley
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Our Storytellers
• Anne Reynolds Cape Cod Commission
• Mike Lippmann Blue Raster
• Carrie Tropasso Pennsylvania DCNR
• Doreen Whitley National Audubon Society
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What We’ll discuss
Intro: About Story Maps
Tips and tricks from experienced story map publishers
Discussion: We want to hear from you
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Allen Carroll Program Manager, Storytelling
What are Story Maps?
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What are Story Maps?
• Story maps are simple web apps that combine intelligent web maps with multimedia content to tell geography-based stories.
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
Open Source
ArcGIS Online Your text,
photos, video
• Story maps inform, educate, entertain, and inspire people about a wide variety of topics.
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Story Maps are…
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For Advanced Users?
Sophisticated? Multi-purpose? Passive?
Engaging Simple For Everyone
PC Only?
Single Purpose Responsive
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Our Apps
Story Map Tour
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Story Map Shortlist
Story Map Countdown
Story Map Playlist
Story Map Tabbed
Story Map Side
Accordion
Story Map Swipe
Story Map Spyglass
Story Map Journal
Sequential Narrative
List of Items
Comparing Two Maps
Curated List of POIs
Comparing Related Maps
Comparing Two Maps
Ranked List of Places Comparing
Related Maps
Multimedia Narrative
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Our Website
• storymaps.arcgis.com
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Some numbers
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43% 600
5,800
of User Conference attendees use Story Map apps
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of User Conference attendees use Story Map apps
Some numbers
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
43% 600
5,800
Story Maps in our curated gallery
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Some numbers
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43% 600
items when you search “story map” apps on ArcGIS Online
of User Conference attendees use Story Map apps
Story Maps in our curated gallery
Tip of the iceberg? (Please create AGOL item pages for your story maps!)
5,800
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Our Growing User Community
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
increasingly includes some very skilled storytellers
…
Let’s hear from a few!
Esri UC 2014 | Technical Workshop |
Our Growing User Community
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
increasingly includes some very skilled storytellers
…
Let’s hear from a few! • How to conceptualize a story
• How to choose and use a storytelling app
• How to appeal to your audience
• How to customize storytelling apps
• How can storytelling apps be better?
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GIS Director, Cape Cod Commission Grand prize winner, storytelling with maps competition Grand prize winner, 2014 Esri Storytelling with Maps Competition
Anne Reynolds
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• Simple • Meaningful • Personal
Buy Fresh Buy Local
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• Story map
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Keep it simple
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LHA
TMDL
ITSA
LEED
SEMASS
CERCLA
ACEC CCMPO
MGL
PLAAP
LUVM
208
LOS
CAA
NHPA
ISWMF
EOTPW
BCIT
WCEF
CCC
FPA
CWA
CMR PSFT
EOEEA
Esri
RPA
EPA
USGS
CZMA
SNRA
CCEDC
TDR
CEDs
SLOSH
NEPA
DRI CCRTA
NWS
CCNS
DCPC
BDP
MPO
AASHTO
FEMA
DEP C&D
CCPEDC
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Make it meaningful
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Make it meaningful
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Make it meaningful
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Make it personal
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Make it personal
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Make it personal
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Make it personal
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Co-Founder & Principal, Blue Raster @leepmon
Michael Lippmann
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• What makes a good Story Map? - Easy to consume - Human connection
- Photos - Video/audio
- No layer lists to toggle on/off - This is not 1990’s GIS
• Teach the user something new, quickly.
Creating a Story Map is a Process
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• Gather your ingredients first - What are you trying to tell? - How will it engage users? - Subject matter expertise
• Are your ingredients prepped? - Data/shapefile - Title - Copy - Images/Videos - Project sponsor who will publish it
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Recipe for a Successful Story Map Project
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• Component parts - Compelling title - Description in 1 sentence
- we live in 140 character world
• Visual design - Human element-
photos/video - Easy to consume
• What are we mapping?
Blue Raster Story Map Starter Kit- 1 page of questions to accelerate the process
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These are not story maps.
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Communicate without toolbars and layer lists.
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• Minimal interaction to “get the point”
• No layer lists or complex interfaces
Rule of One Click
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Curate your story
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• Rapidly get your data online for exploration
Tool for Success - Esri Maps for Office
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival – Traditions of the World
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Smithsonian Folklife Festival – Story Map #2 – Reused template
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Amnesty International “Will I Be Next?” – uses Esri GeoBlog
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Poverty in School Age Children between 2005-2011 for School Districts
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• Understand the Go Live Rules – - Approval process? - Story Maps can be scary
• Test across all browsers and mobile devices
• Perishable- Ship Early, Ship Often
• Plan for the next one…
Successful Go Live!
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Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources (DCNR) Second Place, Conservation/Environment/Sustainability, 2014 Esri Storytelling with Maps Competition
Carrie Tropasso
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Why DCNR chose Story Maps • Quick and easy to deploy • Cross-platform and cross-device • Intuitive and easy to understand • Visual – Virtual Visits • Focused topic interactive map • Tied to our general initiatives
Maurice K. Goddard Natural Areas
National Natural Landmarks
Waterfalls
River Trails Architectural and Engineering
Elk Scenic Drive Old Growth Tour http://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/storymaps
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Story Map Process • Work with each Bureau to come up
with topics • Compile photos, videos, text, links,
etc. • Evaluate all of the existing story
map templates • Download the templates to our
local servers • Design a draft and send out to
Communications staff and Bureau staff for review
• Make revisions and changes • Post externally
Maurice K. Goddard Natural Areas
National Natural Landmarks
Waterfalls
River Trails Architectural and Engineering
Elk Scenic Drive Old Growth Tour
Playlist
Custom http://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/storymaps
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Story Map Design Considerations • Choosing the right template to
convey the information • Colors and symbols for seamless
web integration across DCNR • Work with a wide range of
audiences • Make the content easily accessible
and easy to understand
http://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/storymaps
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Story Map Customizations • Legend • Clickable map features • Driving directions • Colors and icons • .css files
http://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/storymaps
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Future of DCNR Story Maps • 11 deployed – 6 under review – 3
templates • Analytics • Scalebar Integration • New templates
Map Tour Template
Playlist Template
Custom Template
http://maps.dcnr.pa.gov/storymaps
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Geospatial Information Officer, National Audubon Society Third Place, Conservation/Environment/Sustainability, 2014 Esri Storytelling with Maps Competition
Doreen Whitley
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Map Tour
Pacific Flyway Important Bird Areas
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Map Journal
GIS & Conservation
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Thank you…
• Please fill out the session survey:
Offering ID: 1261 Online – www.esri.com/ucsessionsurveys Paper – pick up and put in drop box
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Questions and
Discussion
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