Arconline spyglass map

PaulSLowrey

Hi, I'm attempting to create a simple spyglass or swipe map similar to the ones here:

http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=0&md=storymaps-apps:spyglass

However, the 1940s image I want to use (a jpeg georeferenced to a tiff) completely blows up my ArcGIS.com org account credits and then some.  Do I need to host the image on an independent server, or does someone have another simple workaround?

Thanks,

PL

oevans_storymaps

Hi Paul,

You will have to publish the image as a GIS web service and add that to a web map to use it with the swipe/spyglass app.

How large is the image? Tile and data storage is just 1.2 credits/GB-month, so it shouldn't cost very many credits to host even a large tile cache on ArcGIS Online. To do this add the image to ArcMap or ArcGIS Pro, create a tile package, and then upload it to ArcGIS Online and publish as a tile service. If you have access to an ArcGIS Server you could host the image as an image service or map service and not consume any ArcGIS Online credits.

Owen