ESRI Story Map Construction

Steps in constructing an ESRI story map

• Decide on a theme• Take pictures• Upload pictures to computer• Create thumbnails• Upload pictures, standard size and thumbnail, to a public storage site• Construct CSV (comma separated variable) table• Access/prepare ESRI online map• Choose ESRI template• Join map and template• Add CSV to map/template • Add other media• Customize• Test run

Possible themes

• Bird Sanctuaries• Life of an historical figure• Art venues• Part of resume on personal website• Highlighting certain aspects of a campus

Camera

• Olympus HD/3D• Requirement – connection to laptop and photo software

Thumbnail software

• IrfranView thumbnails: http://www.irfanview.com/• Thumbnail reviews: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-create-

thumbnail-images-from-graphic-files/

Irfan

• Open software• Click on My Pictures

Upload photos to public photo sites

• Requirements – public and provides a URL for every photo• Note: you need to either geotag the photos the storage site or later

on the ESRI site. I found it easier to tag them on Flickr than on the ESRI site because on Flickr• Drop box• Google drive• Skydrive• Picasa • Flickr

Flickr

• Photo stream• Upload• Organize• Zoom in to desired extent• Add photos to general area• Edit – type in specific lat./long. coordinates

Construct CSV

• Excel – can be saved in CSV format

Access/prepare ESRI online map

• ESRI – Environmental System Research Institute• URL - http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/• My example: https://www.arcgis.com/home/user.html?newUser=true• Click content• Click create map • Follow four steps for map creation

• Zoom to area• Choose basemap• Add layer – Ex. ArcGIS map of Shasta College• Save and share map

Choose ESRI template

• Click share above map

Join map and template

Add CSV to map/template

Add other media

Customize

Test run

Additional Steps

• Add link to a website• Imbed in a website• Create an app