topic Re: Custom Image Isnt Loading in ArcGIS StoryMaps Questions

Custom Image Isnt Loading

Anonymous User — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:10:28 GMT

I built a simple map of offices and each pop up includes office details. I included a custom image to represent each city where the office is located, but when I add it to the story map the custom image doesn’t load. Its just a black dot. Any clue as to why this would be happening?

Re: Custom Image Isnt Loading

OwenGeo — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 11:29:42 GMT

Hi Monika -- Sorry you are having an issue getting your map to look the way you expect in your story. Can you please provide a link to the web map and screenshots of the differences you are seeing so we can help troubleshoot this issue?

Re: Custom Image Isnt Loading

Anonymous User — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 12:49:15 GMT

Hi... here is the link

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/05eef92ac3c944d883a568e30a3da5d4

Re: Custom Image Isnt Loading

Anonymous User — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:10:57 GMT

And sorry... here is a link to the map http://tslocplatform.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?useExisting=1

Re: Custom Image Isnt Loading

OwenGeo — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 13:16:51 GMT

Hi Monika -- Unfortunately your story isn't published to everyone, so I can't access it. Could you please share a link directly to the web map and make sure it's publicly shared so I can see it to take a look?

In the meantime, something to check is that you are using secure HTTPS links (not insecure HTTP links) when referencing the image symbols in the web map.

Re: Custom Image Isnt Loading

Anonymous User — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 20:46:12 GMT

also, the image is an https link

https://ago-item-storage.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/0cd699c461fc4555b4905d16d9183f0e/esri-logo.jpg?X-Amz-Security-Token=AgoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEJT%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJHMEUCIQDhnaYFL9pcuTn0ZJBVr5xzg%2BdlRhZ8QUjxngXNZDp99AIgY9pzLDXt0JmKZ4UtbwLqiafsfuEi%2B41mAOms3SSnnjAq2gMIfRAAGgw2MDQ3NTgxMDI2NjUiDKGnrV6MC%2FKnvLuQjiq3A11e1WJO83mj8kwrKNN9yEu%2BUMtFKgX%2BjvU4UsIfm4S1vkc3RrcbjYF1%2Bt1uxsBU1DILxhoNNUfF2ty9lFrMjNT7meD9BcXaLGVPZ7qpd%2FEnAGQolBt2Vf8oDo3S9vDRf6C1HcdolrNBa5kZWmteF8mQ%2BbZ3GQcTddYhxlI%2FcS2%2B3KeiBF9zFF2gk7PLSIxsdDOikcShJNp8chVlNADyld%2BlOD%2FgO8YX99izNh1AkuUdswKVQC6axMFFFl6cyayVYGjutw%2FMcHc251yOklJRbYoIzXdi9P%2B0eokAYYXr0UY%2BtTAv%2FFBtrdFkGW79cqY6AngzBKhUgfTTXpW3qBR68Ly%2BZ%2FfjA4hl1uWbbfQuDyeaeyXQYIGjawMueZRJCz6n3uQt1BCv7twA%2FoPvP3Adhi5HGnrTkXllOsraAW3D6Rcp14lYcWRRr9LqOXyQgdfedmRcpUVVY1RyQ7GqUZqVQBCTYz8b5wtL8KSJaX0%2FbPTzcFzmcj0YV%2FrbN6pNt2yHjZnGfcHva6ekn2xhOh0yjpwxtQ15qe4yj6wU79fnMq7okx2TFwkCzUVJdefklfrGKi7uHjKArvswk6ju7AU6tAEsdPYHIzE68ssEDJQYm%2F4%2FJaliv1oTEDhjUtLQ9rwHDw3%2FW%2FvNFO3XdG5HYLoqIgtNv9paacwJJ6%2Fm3sLV8ByknbfVKAeW2UZdoCxMt3ECmt1dK948EDtpHbEPqFnEyLGzuc7J72cqpzFy7f6fYnDRRQNzLtyr93jEZUYjCN31%2F10xs6LwVmF%2FeaEWlQzNdz8EiBy%2B4wsu%2B9NDRzPZ3Q0vJzSTFq9wByw6%2BFSZZMuJSZGd8Mc%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20191007T204314Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=300&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAYZTTEKKEVV3AFYW2%2F20191007%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=99481635461e9427bcfde7817fea973c2778ae60e60a75cef3ae9fa17a95d566

Re: Custom Image Isnt Loading

OwenGeo — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:47:57 GMT

Hi Monika -- OK, I see what's going on. That is not a valid link to an image item on ArcGIS. Links used to reference images or embed content should never contain a security token since tokens expire and are only valid for certain users/situations/times. You can get a proper image link by following the process in this blog.

It's no longer needed for troubleshooting since we've found the issue, but that link you provided to the web map isn't valid either. Web map links will always contain an ID, like this:

http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f35ef07c9ed24020aadd65c8a65d3754

You can get this link from the web map item page or by using the Share button in the map viewer (which gives a short link that expands to the link that contains the web map ID). Sometimes you'll see the web map ID in the address bar when using the map viewer, but I believe it depends on how you opened the map.