Latest Contributions by OwenGeo

@AlexisRodriguez1 -- Hello and I'm sorry you have run into an issue editing your story. While editing stories generally works on tablets, tablets are more resource constrained than laptops/desktops. Sometimes the number, size, or arrangement of maps in a story can overload the hardware resources on a tablet. Have you tried editing on a laptop or desktop computer? If so, do you see the same message? If you see the same error on a more powerful device, there may be something broken about the story. Please contact Esri Technical Support and they will help you troubleshoot. ... View more

@SaraJL -- It looks like in an edit to your original post you found the storytelling solutions page that describes there are two different StoryMaps products, one for personal use and one for professional/organization use. Do you still have questions about what the other site is after reviewing the information on that page? These two sites use different branding, colors, and logos, and as you noted there is a message on the StoryMaps.com login page that references ArcGIS StoryMaps to help people find the correct site; however, we understand despite these differences, there still may be some confusion between the sites. If you have additional feedback or ideas on how to minimize the confusion your students are experiencing, it would be great if you could please create a separate thread/idea for that discussion. ... View more

@Speterson26 @DominicRoberge2 @OliviaHarrison - I'm sorry you experienced this issue. We noticed some abnormalities in our system monitoring this morning and are already taking corrective measures. Things should be back to normal shortly. ... View more

@JamesPoeschel -- Thanks for sharing your feedback! We are evaluating how we could improve the layout algorithm and/or provide more control to improve how things look in some situations for the image gallery in briefings. In general, galleries look better when there are five or more images. For now, you can adjust whether each image is set to FILL or FIT its container in the individual image options, which may help in some cases.   ... View more

The option to publish a StoryMap but not register it with search engines was added in August 2023. For more information, see What’s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (August 2023) (esri.com). I'm going to close this as implemented since the main portion of this idea is now available. If the other enhancements mentioned above are still desired (watermark, etc.), please submit a new idea to track those. ... View more

The ability to highlight a feature in a map by showing its pop-up when a map loads was just added. For more information, see What’s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (April 2024) (esri.com). This capability is not yet available for map actions, as this idea has requested, but we will be working on that for a future update. ... View more

@NicoleRogers -- Thank you for reporting your issue. This morning, I opened about 3 dozen random public stories, briefings, and collections and all of them opened/loaded within a few seconds. We did look into this and saw a few anomalies in the system this morning and took corrective measures even though we couldn't reproduce an issue on our end. Are you still experiencing an issue? Analyzing the information we have available we have identified some patterns that we can look into as we continue to search for a resolution. ... View more

@HaileyWright1 -- Sorry for not following up on this. They do have it on their radar, but no specific roadmap date (at least when I chatted with them a few months ago). I would suggest adding an idea to the Instant Apps Ideas Board so they can track it better on their end. ... View more

@Mark__Empey - I guess a few things to consider... For the swipe - is this comparison required as a web map? If there isn't a need to zoom in or click on pop-ups, the visual difference in boundaries could be shown just as effectively with an image swipe (just take screenshots of your maps and upload them). Could the maps in slide 1 and 3 be combined into a single map with single layers that include data for both sites? That might save on some resources since you wouldn't have to load two different web maps across the first part of the sidecar ... View more

Well, I'm happy there isn't a bug that caused this, but I'm still sad to hear about your map being deleted. 😞 In case you weren't aware, you can enable delete protection on high-value items (stories, maps, layers, etc.). For more information, see How to prevent accidental deletion (esri.com). Hope this might be helpful in the future! ... View more

This feature was released in March 2024. For more information, see What’s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (March 2024) (esri.com) and Supercharge your stories with media actions (esri.com) ... View more

@TimMcGrath -- Thanks for reporting your issue and I'm sorry you are seeing an issue with your story. The web map that doesn't appear to be loading has an id of 4c4ca999fba64ca6b7f75d2690e9b290. When I search ArcGIS Online, I cannot find a web map with that ID, so this indicates that map is not shared publicly or has been deleted. As a next step I'd recommend that you look into the status of that web map. ... View more

@SaraJL - Thanks for posting this idea! Could you also please share a link or screenshot of an example dashboard where this is configured and/or a link to the documentation that explains this capability? (I searched the dashboard doc for "highlight feature" and I didn't find anything specifically called that, so I'm not quite sure what functionality or widget you're referring to, sorry!) If you could also provide information and perhaps some examples about how this feature would enhance your storytelling that would be helpful for us to better understand how you'd use this and what value it would bring to your audience. ... View more

This feature is currently in development and expected to be released sometime in Q2 of 2024. ... View more