Latest Contributions by MartySchnure

Hi there, we recently published this story map and have been tracking its performance using Google Analytics. We entered our GA tracking ID in the Story Settings GUI as we have in the past. However, after noticing some odd tracking stats, our digital ops team reports that it looks like the GA tag is firing twice, which they think could explain the unusual bounce rate, time on site, and PPS.  Do you know what could be going wrong? Would love to solve it somehow. Thanks!   ... View more

Map popups that display on hover rather than click are easier for users and generate more engagement. It would be fantastic to have this functionality when we embed interactive maps in Story Maps. I realize that this isn't a Story Map specific request as much as it is a Map Viewer request, but wanted to pass it along anyway, since Story Maps are the window so many people use to display and interact with web maps. Thanks for considering!  ... View more

Hi there, we are making a story map with several web maps (in sidecars) which have popups. We're wondering if there are ways we can: 1. Enable the popups to appear on hover instead of click. We followed this tutorial (supplemented by this tutorial), but the steps it outlines for how to embed the media map web app into the story map did not work for us (we followed all the steps but nothing seemed to happen in our story map). Next, we tried embedding the media map web app into the story map directly, but the only way we could find to do this was adding it as an iframe, which meant that users have to click on it in order to interact anyway, which defeats the purpose of having hover pop-ups. Is there another way?  2. Allow mobile readers to tap on the sidecar map to see popups without causing the map to expand to full screen view. As it is, a reader who wants to see a popup first must tap on the map, then tap again to actually see the popup, and then tap a third time to close the full-screen view and return to the story. It would be such a boon for user experience if these were possible. The fewer actions our readers have to take, the better.  Thank you in advance for any insight! ... View more

Hi there, I would like to allow users to pinch and zoom in on an image and have it render it clearly for them while they are zoomed in—something that currently seems only possible with images that are embedded with a web link rather than uploaded to Story Maps. Maybe this will change with Monday night's update?!  In the meantime, I am trying to do this with ArcGIS Online or Flickr.  Embedding photos with AGO or Flickr seems to work great for the "small" or "float" image display options in Story Maps. But I have a few images I would like to embed in my Story Map at the large (full screen width) size. The photo is 2000px wide, but when I embed the AGO or Flickr link into my story map, the "medium" and "large" display options are greyed out—and when I hover over them they say the image needs to be at least 1200 or 1920px wide. The only explanation I can think of is that they are linking to a smaller version of the photo. So I tried using an embed code instead—with the iframe code generated by Flickr for "original size" which is 2000px wide and 1305px high—but when I try to embed it in my story map, I get an error message saying "Sorry! There was a problem embedding the website." I also tried editing the embed code to have a width of 100% rather than 2000px and got the same error message. Same issues with trying to embed from AGO and Flickr. I read Owen's blog post about common embed issues and none of them seems to apply here. All the links I'm trying are https and the photos are all set to public sharing.  I would love any tips on how to embed a full-size photo from a website. Thank you all! ... View more