https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-storymaps-ideas/arcgis-storymaps-collections-show-map-ability-to/idi-p/1680526 <P>Hello StoryMaps Team,&nbsp;</P><P>Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not seeing a way to configure the initial zoom scale of the StoryMap Collection Map.&nbsp;</P><P>This functionality does exist in other configurations of the StoryMaps platform, and I'd like to see this functionality here too.&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Amanda__Huber_2-1769623948690.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147488iBC89A2E1F2FF7516/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Amanda__Huber_2-1769623948690.png" alt="Amanda__Huber_2-1769623948690.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Justification- Sometimes&nbsp; the locations of the StoryMap Collection points don't show the entire picture/area of interest. For example, our StoryMap is about major rivers in the Metropolitan area of Minnesota, we would like to see the full extent of our map and watersheds so users can better understand the context.&nbsp;</P><TABLE border="1" width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="50%" height="25px">Current Default Extent</TD><TD width="50%" height="25px">What we'd like to configure our extent to be</TD></TR><TR><TD width="50%" height="224px"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Amanda__Huber_0-1769623796173.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147486iC421EF50016DEE07/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Amanda__Huber_0-1769623796173.png" alt="Amanda__Huber_0-1769623796173.png" /></span><P>&nbsp;</P></TD><TD width="50%" height="224px"><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Amanda__Huber_1-1769699878172.png" style="width: 437px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147543iBF45CEF5E561107D/image-dimensions/437x193?v=v2" width="437" height="193" role="button" title="Amanda__Huber_1-1769699878172.png" alt="Amanda__Huber_1-1769699878172.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><BR /><P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please consider this enhancement to the maps in Collections.&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks!</P><P>Amanda Huber</P> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:18:23 GMT Amanda__Huber 2026-01-29T15:18:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-storymaps-ideas/arcgis-storymaps-collections-show-map-ability-to/idi-p/1680526 <P>Hello StoryMaps Team,&nbsp;</P><P>Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not seeing a way to configure the initial zoom scale of the StoryMap Collection Map.&nbsp;</P><P>This functionality does exist in other configurations of the StoryMaps platform, and I'd like to see this functionality here too.&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Amanda__Huber_2-1769623948690.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147488iBC89A2E1F2FF7516/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Amanda__Huber_2-1769623948690.png" alt="Amanda__Huber_2-1769623948690.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Justification- Sometimes&nbsp; the locations of the StoryMap Collection points don't show the entire picture/area of interest. For example, our StoryMap is about major rivers in the Metropolitan area of Minnesota, we would like to see the full extent of our map and watersheds so users can better understand the context.&nbsp;</P><TABLE border="1" width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width="50%" height="25px">Current Default Extent</TD><TD width="50%" height="25px">What we'd like to configure our extent to be</TD></TR><TR><TD width="50%" height="224px"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Amanda__Huber_0-1769623796173.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147486iC421EF50016DEE07/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Amanda__Huber_0-1769623796173.png" alt="Amanda__Huber_0-1769623796173.png" /></span><P>&nbsp;</P></TD><TD width="50%" height="224px"><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Amanda__Huber_1-1769699878172.png" style="width: 437px;"><img src="https://community.esri.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/147543iBF45CEF5E561107D/image-dimensions/437x193?v=v2" width="437" height="193" role="button" title="Amanda__Huber_1-1769699878172.png" alt="Amanda__Huber_1-1769699878172.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><BR /><P>&nbsp;</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Please consider this enhancement to the maps in Collections.&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks!</P><P>Amanda Huber</P> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:18:23 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-storymaps-ideas/arcgis-storymaps-collections-show-map-ability-to/idi-p/1680526 Amanda__Huber 2026-01-29T15:18:23Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-storymaps-ideas/arcgis-storymaps-collections-show-map-ability-to/idc-p/1680758#M2258 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:10:54 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-storymaps-ideas/arcgis-storymaps-collections-show-map-ability-to/idc-p/1680758#M2258 OwenGeo 2026-01-29T15:10:54Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-storymaps-ideas/arcgis-storymaps-collections-show-map-ability-to/idc-p/1680764#M2261 <P>Thanks&nbsp;<a href="https://community.esri.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/424">@OwenGeo</a>&nbsp;!</P> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:16:12 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-storymaps-ideas/arcgis-storymaps-collections-show-map-ability-to/idc-p/1680764#M2261 Amanda__Huber 2026-01-29T15:16:12Z