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StoryMaps: QR Code for individual tour points

jstark_mercernj

I would like to be able to generate QR codes for individual stops on a self-guided tour within a Story in StoryMaps. I work in parks and we have signs near particular natural features and would like patrons to be guided to specific points, rather than entire stories when they scan a QR code. Is this possible? As far as I can tell the link that can be generated once the story is published is for the story map itself, and cannot be tailored to guide to a specific part of the story.

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oevans_storymaps

Hi -- Thanks for your question. We are currently looking at providing the ability to create links to specific places in a story in a future release. We don't have a specific timeframe for when this will be available, but we are looking at it for the upcoming year.

maryandrews

Hello Owen,

Have you been able to add this functionality yet? Hoping to generate QR codes for specific places in the story map. If you haven't been able to implement this, do you have a timeframe for when you will?

Thanks,

Mary

oevans_storymaps

@maryandrews -- It's not there yet, but we are working towards it. There are several other pieces of this that we need to add first. For example, last month we added the ability to link to headings in a story. Now we're working on the next step, which is to expand that capability to subheadings. After that we'll work on adding links for tour stops. I think it should be available sometime in Q3 of this year, but we don't have it planned for a specific release at this time.

One thing to note is that links will not be available for data-driven tours (that is, tours created from an ArcGIS feature service). This is due to a technical limitation to how those types of tours work.

maryandrews

@OwenGeo Thank you!

JohnWisdom2

Any update on this? I have a client that would like this functionality. If it won't be available soon (Spring 2022), I'll need to come up with an alternative method.

thanks,

John

oevans_storymaps

@JohnWisdom2 -- Unfortunately this feature will not be available this spring. While it's still on our list, it has not been prioritized for development at this time.

JohnWisdom2

OK, thanks for the reply.

John

fynboen

Hi Owen,

I just want to make sure that i understand this correctly,
If i would want to create a link for a certain part of my StoryMaps, it would only be possible through headings? And it is only possible to make 10 headings in a StoryMap, right?

Sigurd

oevans_storymaps

@fynboen -- You can link to any heading in the main part of your story or a sidecar. You can have as many headings in a story as you like.

Could you please share where you found information that indicated there is a limit on the number of headings so we can correct that, if needed?

fynboen

Hi Owen,
I think i might've misunderstood the difference between headings and the story navigation function.
I thought the headings were the same as the "story navigation" function, where it says on the app that it is only possible to make 10 of those.

I cant link to a title heading in my StoryMap for some reason. According a to this article, you should be able to hover over your heading and then it will give you the option to create a link for that specific heading, but it doesnt do that for me.

At first, i thought it was because I used the sidecar function. But it doesn't want to do it with any titles i make, if i make a seperate one or one for a guided tour either. Do you know what the cause of this could be?

oevans_storymaps

@fynboen -- Note that you need to be viewing a published story (not editing it) to see the copy link button while hovering over a heading. This is shown in the video, but that article could be clearer about indicating this detail. I'll chat with the author about getting that updated.

I'm still not sure where you saw in the app that it says you can only use 10 headings for story navigation. Below are screenshots of what I see in the Story navigation settings and in the documentation topic Add story navigation. Please be specific and provide a screenshot of the place you see a reference to there being a limit of 10 story navigation links because we'd like to correct that.

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fynboen

Hi Owen!
It is written in Danish, but when you click on "properties" (the gears):

this pops up:

It says: "Up to 10 headings can be added as navigation links. The limit is 30 characters per link"

Thanks for clarifying, but for some reason my headings does not make any heading links.
Does it work for you? I've published the story already:
https://portalgis.alleroed.dk/portal/apps/storymaps/stories/439e3ef8d59e4bf4b57639e7eac55379

oevans_storymaps

Ah, ok -- you didn't mention you are using ArcGIS StoryMaps on ArcGIS Enterprise. 🙂 Yes, there was a limit of 10 nav links in ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1, but that limit was increased to 30 at version v10.9 (and was increased in the Online version in Sept 2020).

oevans_storymaps

Also, the link to heading feature is a newer feature and has not been added to Enterprise yet, but our current plan is to add it for ArcGIS Enterprise 11.1.

fynboen

Oops, my bad. Thanks for the help!

Sigurd

Thomas_Van_Bruggen

Did this ability to have a QR Code link to an individual tour point ever get implemented in Story Maps?

oevans_storymaps

@Thomas_Van_Bruggen -- This feature is not available. It is on our radar, and we understand it is a popular request. However, there are some technical challenges that prevent it from being straightforward, and for that reason it hasn't yet been prioritized.

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SandraDavison

I would very much appreciate this feature being made available. Placing a QR code within or adjacent to a photograph etc in an exhibition, which would then take the viewer directly to a location / stage within a StoryMap would be incredibly useful. This connects the creative work directly to the StoryMap location, where the complete Story as a video / sound recording etc would be available. This would completely save so much time and resources - for example, the alternative approach would require a motion sensor embedded in the photograph (which requires a sensor, and a small computer like a Raspberry PI, plus programming to manage the sensor (in python or equivalent), and this would trigger sending the viewer to an online sound recording etc… whereas, sending the viewer from QR code direct to StoryMap location video plus sound recording would be a richer experience for the viewer and also highlights the value of StoryMaps in a multi-media viewing experience. It’s a no brainer for me, shame it hasn’t been done yet, even though the idea has been around several years.

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