Can I add a location link or "zoom to" link like a bookmark to the text pane of my story map series (tabbed layout)?

[DanielShaffer2]

I have an "outlier" location that does not allow our map to display at a reasonable scale for our purposes if it is included. I'd like to include some text with a spatial bookmark or hyperlink that will pan and zoom the map in the main window to a specific extent. It there a way to do this Out of the Box? Or, must I download the template and muck about in it somehow? I'd love to find a quick and easy way to do this. Perhaps it's staring me in the face!

Thanks in advance!

[OwenGeo · Accepted solution]

Hi Daniel,

For Map Series you could add another tab in the story and change the extent to show that feature to bring attention to it. Otherwise, if you are a developer, you could customize the code.

The Map Journal app has "actions" that let you configure a link the in the text to change the map (zoom to a location, toggle layer visibility, show a pop-up).

Using Story Map Journal Main Stage Actions | ArcGIS Blog 

You could try your story as a Journal to see if that works for you.

Owen

[DanielShaffer2]

Thank you, Owen!

I’ll research the “actions” in the Journal and try and figure out how to add that capability to a Series (tabbed) story map.

Have a good one!

Dan