great story maps - blue raster esri user conference 2014 presentation
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Esri UC 2014 | Technical Workshop |
Great Story Maps and
How to Emulate ThemAllen Carroll, Moderator
Anne Reynolds, Michael Lippmann,
Carrie Tropasso, Doreen Whitley
Esri UC 2014 | Technical Workshop |
Our Storytellers
• Anne Reynolds Cape Cod Commission
• Michael Lippmann Blue Raster
• Carrie Tropasso Pennsylvania DNR
• Doreen Whitley National Audubon Society
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
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Co-Founder & Principal, Blue Raster@leepmon
Michael Lippmann
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
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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
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
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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
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
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
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
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These are not story maps.
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
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
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them
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
Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them