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Map Home location in Map Series?

SuzanneLuhr — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 21:58:42 GMT

How do I set my map home location in the app, after the map is completed and an app created from it? It was set correctly, then changed!

Re: Map Home location?

StephenSylvia — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 13:00:36 GMT

Which app are you using: Apps | Story Maps?

Re: Map Home location?

SuzanneLuhr — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:03:45 GMT

Hi, This is a Story Map Series app. It worked fine until yesterday, and I'm not sure what I might have done to change the extent, but although the scale is the same, the map shifted. Thanks!

Re: Map Home location?

StephenSylvia — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 19:16:06 GMT

When using Map Series, the home location is set by the initial extent of the webmap (the extent that was saved from the ArcGIS Online map editor. If you panned your map and saved again in the editor, the Map Series app would use that extent as the home extent. Another possibility if you are using multiple maps, you may have checked the "synchronize map locations" option, in which case, the home extent uses the extent of the first map for all the maps.

Re: Map Home location?

SuzanneLuhr — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:06:03 GMT

Hi again Steven,

Thank you for your reply yesterday. I was a bit confused, so I'm attaching a Word file with some screenshots of my map(s), and comments/questions. I wonder if you can explain to me what exactly you meant by 'map editor' after seeing what I'm working on. Please let me know if my questions make sense, and if you can direct me further.

Thank you very much. I really appreciate your help!

Suzanne

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Re: Map Home location?

reply from Stephen Sylvia in Story Maps - View the full discussionWhen using Map Series, the home location is set by the initial extent of the webmap (the extent that was saved from the ArcGIS Online map editor. If you panned your map and saved again in the editor, the Map Series app would use that extent as the home extent. Another possibility if you are using multiple maps, you may have checked the "synchronize map locations" option, in which case, the home extent uses the extent of the first map for all the maps.

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Re: Map Home location?

StephenSylvia — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:41:12 GMT

Yes, editing the layer popups in the web map is the "map editor" I was referring to. When you click "save" in the editor, it will save the current extent of the map as the home extent in the app. The map series app will just center the map. To offset it for the description, just move offset it in the map editor and save it again.

To your last question about clicking on a point to change the tab, it is not possible in the hosted version of the app. If you are willing to download the app and add a little bit of JavaScript, you can get it to work. Here's an example The World is Full of Circles | Travel | Smithsonian (Look at the last "map" tab).

Re: Map Home location?

SuzanneLuhr — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:24:03 GMT

Thanks Stephen,

It didn't work the first time, but I will keep trying! And I would like to experiment with downloading it to our server. We have not done that, but I'd like to try it. Thanks for the example.

Suzanne

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Re: Map Home location?

reply from Stephen Sylvia in Story Maps - View the full discussionYes, editing the layer popups in the web map is the "map editor" I was referring to. When you click "save" in the editor, it will save the current extent of the map as the home extent in the app. The map series app will just center the map. To offset it for the description, just move offset it in the map editor and save it again. To your last question about clicking on a point to change the tab, it is not possible in the hosted version of the app. If you are willing to download the app and add a little bit of JavaScript, you can get it to work. Here's an example The World is Full of Circles | Travel | Smithsonian (Look at the last "map" tab).

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