Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

Hi Luke, Welcome to Story Maps! Sorry you are having an issue. A Map Tour typically only has one layer, which is a point layer of the tour points, so I'm not sure which polygon layer you are referring to. Are you able to provide a bit more information and/or share your map tour publicly and post a link here so I can take a look? Owen ... View more

For adding a search bar that searches features in the map to the side panel, that would be a customization that you'd need to download the source code and develop on your own. Map Journal code is available here on GitHub. Owen ... View more

Hi Cory, I took a look at the developer tools in my browser and it looks like this is a mixed-content issue (https & http content in the same app). If you access your Amazon-hosted app over http instead of https the embedded app loads. If you require https for the Amazon-hosted app then make sure to use the https URL when embedding the basic viewer app in your story map configuration. Let me know if you are able to use one of these solutions. Owen ... View more

Shortlist should be available as a hosted app with a builder experience in the March 2016 release. ... View more

Also, if you want to remove the header for the embedded map tours you can just add &embed to the end of the URL like this. http://esripm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=948a853492444b518993045cee0d0bad&webmap=862769ae085045f597208c05914fa3cd&embed I did this with the Presidential Birthplaces tour in the example posted above. Owen ... View more

Hi Jennifer, Here's a quick example I just worked up with a few embedded Map Tours so you can see what it will look like. http://arcg.is/1XFgR88 Make sure to select the "stretch" option for positioning your content and don't include any description so the panel won't appear and obscure the map tour. Owen ... View more

And to answer your second question, the process of embedding the time aware app in a story map is the same that you'd use to embed the swipe/compare app in a story map. Here's another post that describes that in more detail: Embedding a Story Map within a Story Map | ArcGIS Blog Owen ... View more

Hi Timmy, The only way to create that experience would be to download the app from GitHub and customize the code and host the app yourself. Here is a customization of Map Journal that incorporates search (as opposed to a drop-down). Would that meet your needs? If so, we could share the code and you could host the app yourself. Could you also please tell me a little more about the map journal you are thinking about and how the drop-down would help? Thanks! Owen ... View more

Hi Erik, Thanks for your question. I'm not sure exactly what the tabs would do, but it sounds like this change is only something that could be done through customization of the application code. You can download the source code from Github if you are interested in doing that: Esri/map-series-storytelling-template-js · GitHub If you are looking for a solution without coding, you can embed story maps inside story maps, so perhaps embedding a Map Series or Map Journal app inside another Map Series app might get you the experience you are after. See this blog for more information on how to do this: Embedding a Story Map within a Story Map | ArcGIS Blog However, be careful with this technique as you can quickly create a very complicated and confusing experience for your audience, so use it with caution. Owen ... View more

Hi Sara, Thanks for providing the link to your story. It's looking very nice and will be a great way to provide election results! As Greg mentioned he's created an issue that you can track regarding your request, but the idea to have just one pop-up available on mobile was by design. We've found that even with the desktop/laptop layout most viewers don't realize that little arrow at the top shows additional pop-ups or are confused as to why there are different pages, so that is not a good experience either. Either way having multiple pop-ups at the same location is not a storytelling pattern that we'd recommend. I'd encourage you to try to find another way to provide the county wide information, especially since the map is not really adding anything in that case (there is just one feature). Perhaps you could remove the tab for county-wide results and just put a link in the header to a PDF of the county-wide results (like you have in the upper right)? Do you think that would meet your requirements? Owen ... View more

Hi Tyler, Thanks for the kind words about Story Maps! 🙂 The team is certainly working hard to bring you new and innovative ways to tell your stories using your great maps and data. Regarding your other question about Map Series, I think the option you should use to get the desired layout in this case is Center. This will center the image in the area to the right of the description panel. ... View more

Hi Tyler, Sorry you are seeing some issues with the pop-up display on Map Journal. Could you please share links to both of your apps (either here or in a private message to me) so I can take a look? Owen ... View more

Judie -- sorry, I was mistaken in my earlier reply. I just double-checked and the only thing I think you are missing (and I was also missing) is that after you enter the image URL in you have to click the to the right of the URL. That should do it! Owen ... View more