topic Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section in Classic Esri Story Maps Questions

Creating links between main frame to specific section

NoamEzioni1 — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 06:02:55 GMT

I am using the Journal template that shows webmap with lines featrue on it - on the "main" frame. I am looking for a way to link between a each line feature in the webmap, to a "section" in the side-frame. Is there a way? I tried to use Ancors in - its not working... any ideas?

thanks,

Noam

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

ElliottRobinson — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 06:45:14 GMT

Click the edit icon (the pencil).

Click on the Side Panel tab.

Select the text you want to create a link to the main map.

Click on Locate an address or place (in the Main Map Actions area) --- looks like a push pin.

A map will then pop up and you can click on the place (say a road) that you want the text to be related to.

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

NoamEzioni1 — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:37:05 GMT

Thanks. Elliott, But I am looking or the other way around.

let me start from the end: I want to make the right "section" in the table of content to show up when I click on a feature (a line, point or polygon) on the map. for example: lets say that the journal is all about sight in the city. Each site represented with a point on the map and a section ib the TOC. when I click a site - the TOC will show the related section.

Hope I got myself clear this time...

Thank you

Noam

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

GregoryL_Azou — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 18:29:47 GMT

Hi,

Yes this is doable, see that example: http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/?appid=d3fff6acdf5e4b08a82d99f07f20ddfb

Map Journal has an API that allows developer to navigate between sections. See that documentation for the procedure Esri/map-journal-storytelling-template-js · GitHub

This message has been edited to reflect a new procedure for creating those links in April 2015. The previous procedure does not work anymore.

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

NoamEzioni1 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 08:12:34 GMT

Hi Gregory,

Thank you for your detailed reply.

can you please tell me how can I implement your suggestion? I tried but... keep getting error messages When I try to write the syntax to a field in the layer...

thanks

noam

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

GregoryL_Azou — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:44:56 GMT

You are welcome.

What are you using to edit the layer? For sure you can't do it in ArcGIS Online. My example was done using a CSV with excel and dropped in the webmap.

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

NoamEzioni1 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:26:25 GMT

I tried with the field calaulator in ArcGIS desktop because the layer is a line feature one and not points.

Noam

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

GregoryL_Azou — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:08:15 GMT

Sorry I don't know ArcGIS Desktop much and won't be able to help you diagnose more.

Would it be possible to create a CSV in Excel with the feature ID and the attribute that contains the special links and do a join in ArcGIS Desktop?

We are planning to document this thoroughly later this year.

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

NoamEzioni1 — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 13:30:27 GMT

I'll Try that and get back here to tell...

Noam

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

NoamEzioni1 — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 09:16:33 GMT

Well, Gregory,

I seems that there is no way to do what I wanted. at least not any way I Tried.

Thank you for your help!!

But still another "sub" question: Is there any way to link from some other site to a specific sector?

all the best,

Noam

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

GregoryL_Azou — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:07:58 GMT

Hi Noam,

Sorry to hear. We will try to do that on line and polygon geometry and document it.

Yes you can do that using the parameter section in the URL, for example http://noaa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/?appid=ceebefd9685143daa5bf30d5a7e0c7fa&section=2

Re: Creating links between main frame to specific section

NoamEzioni1 — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 13:49:57 GMT

You are a Champ!!!

so here is a link to my perssonal biking journal (please forgive me that it is not in english):

http://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=a02c847691e441eab763c3c92ad1584b&webmap=124967b652bb42aba8b317fb0563dab5&section=