Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

@XanderTurner - If the SAVE button is not enabled, that means there are one or more layers in your scene that are taking a very long time to load. For some very detailed layers, you may have to wait up to a minute or longer. You can try creating a new scene and adding layers one at a time to isolate which one is taking a long time. If you are not able to determine which layer is causing the issue, please contact Esri Technical Support and they can help you troubleshoot. ... View more

@Laura -- Thanks for sharing this idea and your example! We will monitor this idea to see how many other people would like to see this. Could you share more about why your use case requires turning off features for other holes rather than simply zooming to the extent of a different hole in each slide? Could you also please provide details or an example of how you did this in the classic storytelling templates? ... View more

@Laura This article describes a feature that may help you accomplish what you are looking to do: StoryMap Collection "modes" - Esri Community @RichfieldMN , the link above also may interest you. ... View more

Also linking this idea to this thread: Re: StoryMaps: QR Code for individual tour points - Page 2 - Esri Community ... View more

@Thomas_Van_Bruggen -- This feature is not available. It is on our radar, and we understand it is a popular request. However, there are some technical challenges that prevent it from being straightforward, and for that reason it hasn't yet been prioritized. Please vote for this idea if you haven't already: Ability to link to a specific location/slide in Ma... - Esri Community ... View more

@LucyHall1 -- In general, you can add many maps all throughout a story and things will work fine, but there are a few situations to avoid. The configuration that you are using near the end of your story does overload the web page because it requires so many maps loaded simultaneously. When you have multiple sidecars in a row it results in several sidecars being in, or just outside, the browser's viewport, so they are all loaded by the web browser. Since each of the sidecars starts with a map, at least three maps are being loaded simultaneously, which can start to overload browsers, especially on mobile devices. There are a few things you can consider to help alleviate this situation: Add some lightweight content (text and/or images) between the sidecars. For example, you could move the images in the later sidecar slides out of the sidecars and add them to a gallery between each sidecar. Or maybe there is a way to sprinkle those sidecars throughout earlier sections of the story instead of having them all sequentially in one place? Move the map from the first slide to the last slide of the sidecar. When a sidecar comes into view the first three slides are loaded. Because there are maps in all of the first slides they are loaded immediately. If the maps come later in the sidecar they will only be loaded when the reader clicks through to the slide with the map. This suggestion may not be as effective, because if readers stop browsing through the sidecar on the map slide and go to the next sidecar they may eventually still end up with multiple maps visible at the same time. ... View more

See additional use cases here: Setting an initial map extent when a map tour is l... - Esri Community ... View more

Closing this as a duplicate of Custom Initial Zoom in Map Tour - Esri Community. Please add comments and kudos to that post. ... View more

We recommend using a sidecar (in floating panel or slideshow layout) with an express map in the media panel as a workaround for anyone currently using a tour with only one location. ... View more

@GregoryHanton - I'm sorry that you are seeing issues with embedded dashboards. No recent changes in this behavior are expected. Are your StoryMap and dashboards shared with everyone? If you can you provide links we can try to look into this for you. If they are not publicly available, please contact Esri Support and they can help you troubleshoot. ... View more

At this time, you can select a flat, single color icon that is added within a colored circle, and that serves as the map marker (see examples, below). Is this request asking for the ability to 1) upload similar flat-style icons beyond what is currently available in the picker, or 2) upload new map marker image files that completely replace the colored circle+icon markers that are available today?    ... View more

@FionaS -- I'm sorry you are having trouble playing audio in your story.  I just scrolled through your entire story (very cool story, nice work!) and was able to play every audio file. I also heard audio in the video as well. I was viewing the story on an iPhone 15 with iOS 26.1.  If you are seeing an issue, it may be related to network issues, a specific piece of hardware, or your operating system version. Can you make sure you are upgraded to the latest iOS and test again. If you are already on the latest, I would recommend please contacting Esri Support and they can help you troubleshoot further. ... View more