Latest Contributions by EricaBramlet

Map tours are a great story map tool to lead readers through a series of projects, places, etc. But they would be even better if there was an option to have a dropdown legend similar to what's available in map journals. As it is, the points are color-coded but unless you custom-make one for an introduction slide or use html in your subtitle to explain the categories with text users can not quickly distinguish what's what. In addition to the obstacle of the missing legend in map tours, there is no way to navigate back to the introduction slide after beginning the tour. Users should not have to refresh the page to return to the introduction--even a simple "Return to Introduction" button would suffice. ... View more

It would reduce clutter and confusion for those searching through story maps if we could keep private the supporting maps behind public-facing story map applications. As it is, if someone looks for a particular story map, search results will turn up both the application made for the public and the map it is based on. This becomes particularly unnecessary when there are layers of embedding. To use a personal example, this series of story maps (starting here: http://bit.ly/CCR15statewidemap) has 23 pieces (maps and applications), of which a good chunk only exist to make the story work. When all the supporting pieces have to be made public and searchable for any of it to work, it only makes it difficult for users to find what is actually relevant. This previously posted idea mentioned the Shortlist application as an example. While a comment mentioned that the idea has been implemented, I could only find that it was implemented for that particular application example. It would be helpful if this was an option when making any type of story map application! ... View more