Deciding which story-maps to build...

[Anonymous User]

I found this very early story-map in a visualization whitepaper (full document available here: http://www.tableau.com/whitepapers/designing-great-visualizations), it got me thinking about what stories I need to tell and how best to present the information.

Does anyone have any experience systematically working through the problem of determining which story-maps to build?  I think once you know what you're going to tell it's easier to decide how to tell it - but would welcome comments on the 'how' as well as the 'what'.

And please don't tell me to start with my biggest problem, and work my way down!

[AnthonyGiles]

Robert,

Not sure if this directly answers your question but the Charles Minard visualization has already been created as a story map:

http://storymaps.esri.com/templates/development/stable/geoblog/?appid=42459c24c8a44f328e55c9043bf262...

Also more info can be found in a Esri blog here:

Catching Up with Time | Esri Insider

Regards

Anthony

[GregoryL_Azou · Accepted solution]

Hi Robert,

Very interesting question. From now as you must know, the StoryMaps answer is the application's page that describe each of our templates Apps | Story Maps. Stay tuned in the next months, we will make choosing the application that best fits your need an interactive experience.

[Anonymous User]

What I'm really concentrating on is the 'systemic' part of this.  I have some data, working to get more, and I want to present things in ways that will lead to smarter decisions in my organization.

In some cases choosing to 'go to press' too soon may prove costly.

[Anonymous User]

Thanks Anthony, great connection.