Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

Hi Kate, (I edited this response since I realized the process is even easier than what I originally posted.) It's not a crazy question at all! In fact, this is a great technique to use, especially when building a map journal or series. You can embed a story map (or any ArcGIS Online template app) in another story map. When you are adding a section or tab to your story map, choose  "Web page" as your content type, then just paste in the URL of your other story map in the Webpage URL box. The click Configure and choose "Stretch" so your story map will fill the entire main stage. Here's a tip that you may want to use when embedding a story map: if you add "?&embed" to the end of your app URL (or just "&embed" if there is already a ? and other parameters in the URL) this will strip off the title and social media sharing icons from the embedded app. Since your main app already has these you probably don't need to duplicate them in one of your journal sections or series tabs. This tip works with most of the story map apps like swipe/spyglass, map tour, basic, etc. For example, click these two links to see the difference between standard and embedded mode in this Swipe story map. http://story.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=97ae55e015774b7ea89fd0a52ca551c2 http://story.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=97ae55e015774b7ea89fd0a52ca551c2&embed To see an example of a story map within a story map check out this Map Series where you'll see a Map Journal in the "Point-of-Sale strategies" tab. Hope this helps! Owen ... View more

Hi Dunny, To unshare your story map go to arcgis.com, sign in, and click on My Content at the top. There you will find your story map web application item and change its sharing settings. If there is one or more web maps in your story map you can find those items and adjust their sharing settings as well, if needed. There are also links in the Share panel in several story map apps that will link you right to the app and/or web map item pages. Expand the question about keeping your app private. See screenshot examples below... Owen ... View more

Hi Stacey, Sorry you are having trouble with the map tour. Here's some help to get you started. If you choose the option to upload your photos to ArcGIS Online you'll then be prompted to enter a name for the feature service that the map tour builder will create for you... A few seconds after you click Create the service you will see the Map Tour Builder. Just click the Add button at the bottom of the builder to add a new tour point... ...and you'll be prompted to browse to your photo (or you can simply drag it into the Media panel). Once you finish adding the Information and Location for the first tour point on the other two tabs you can click Add tour point and the photo will be uploaded to the feature service as an attachment. Repeat as needed to add all your tour points. I hope this is helpful! ... View more

Hi Michael, In that case you might want to look at the Web AppBuilder. It is available as a separate tab when you share your map as a web application and provides a wizard-driven app design experience. Each story map app is designed for a very specific, focused user experience whereas WAB lets you create more generic apps with the standard tools GIS users are familiar with. For example it has a layer list widget that supports the functionality I believe you are looking for (see screenshot below). If you want to publish an app for a more professional audience that lets them explore your data, make their own decisions about which layers are visible, and perhaps support other typical GIS functions (like viewing the attribute table) WAB lets you do that without any coding. The WAB also creates web apps that provide a good user experience in a desktop/laptop browser as well as on tablets and phones. ... View more

Hi Doug -- unfortunately, there's currently no way around this. See this blog post for information that will help you understand why this is the case: All About ArcGIS Online Layers. ... View more