Provide as similar a set of tools and user experiences as possible for Drawn features in StoryMaps Express Maps and Sketch in Map Viewer. This would empower users to more easily and intuitively transfer their skills and experience between the two environments.
The purpose of the two is shared, enabling users to mark-up or annotate their map. And, for the most part, the capabilities offered by each are already very similar. Eliminating the differences, where possible, and increasing the similarities by standardizing terminology, icons, behaviors, etc. would be beneficial to users.
For example, currently there are tools available in Drawn features, like “Draw a line freehand” or “Draw an arrow” (with the ability to curve it) for which there are no equivalents in Sketch. Or, tools that are similar but have different icons, like “Add an annotation” in Drawn features and “Text” in sketch. Or, tools that label a capability in the UI, like “Pop-up” in Sketch, which have an equivalent, but unlabeled (in the UI), capability in Drawn features.
(Also submitted under ArcGIS Online Ideas as: Standardize user experience for Sketch in Map Viewer and Drawn features in StoryMaps Express Maps.)
