topic Using sliders with plain images in Classic Esri Story Maps Questions

Using sliders with plain images

UrsulaJones — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 21:07:56 GMT

Does anyone know if a Story Map slider can be used with plain images (i.e. without using base maps, etc.)? I have two images that I want to layer and use the slider affect with, but they don't correspond with a particular map. Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Using sliders with plain images

DanielWołowik — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:04:11 GMT

Do you mean sth like that?
http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=cef1805314aa49d59eb05effa397583c&webmap=acc0389c4277408d846d441f1ca9c1f6

Daniel

Re: Using sliders with plain images

UrsulaJones — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 19:34:03 GMT

Do you mean sth like that?
http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=cef1805314aa49d59eb05effa397583c&webmap=acc0389c4277408d846d441f1ca9c1f6

Daniel

Yes! That's exactly what I was looking for. Any ideas on how to achieve this affect?

Re: Using sliders with plain images

DanielWołowik — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:40:00 GMT

Yes! That's exactly what I was looking for. Any ideas on how to achieve this affect?

Yes, I know how to do it :). For example you can use http://blogvio.com/ as it was used in that story map. You have to create that widget with your photos (it's very simple). The widget you create get ID number. In the Map Tour template you choose video as a media and write the url address: http://blogvio.com/api/v1/embeds/your widget ID numberr#isvideo. That's all 🙂

Re: Using sliders with plain images

UrsulaJones — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:57:31 GMT

Thank you!

Re: Using sliders with plain images

RupertEssinger — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:38:59 GMT

Hi Daniel
Thanks.
And thanks also for tweeting this fantastic example from Esri Poland:
http://edukacja.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=d55fd43581994de4a8d756d309db5045

A tip for this sort of map tour: I think it's best to use the three panel layout, like the one above does, where the media is over on the left rather than on the right, because in that layout the caption appears underneath the media in a separate area rather than on top of the media.