{"id":5625,"date":"2015-08-19T14:07:50","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T21:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2015-08-19T14:07:50","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T21:07:50","slug":"story-maps-5-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"insider","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/story-maps-5-tips-and-tricks","title":{"rendered":"Story Maps: 5 Tips and Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\">Story maps<\/a> are a great way to harness the power of maps to tell your stories. Here\u2019s 5 simple tips and tricks to help you maximize your use of this exciting platform for geographic storytelling.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n1. Add YouTube Videos to Your Story Map Tour<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Story Map Tour supports the ability to use videos from a variety of sources. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/12\/add-youtube-videos-story-map-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s an overview<\/a> of how you can add YouTube videos to your Story Map Tour.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/12\/add-youtube-videos-story-map-tour\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/08\/vid-9-replace.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"388\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n2. Open a Map Tour at a Specific Stop<\/strong><br \/>\nIt\u2019s easy to share a Story Map Tour that automatically opens at any tour stop. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/18\/open-story-map-tour-at-specific-tour-stop\/\" target=\"_blank\">See how.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/18\/open-story-map-tour-at-specific-tour-stop\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5627\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/08\/replace1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n3. Add PowerPoint Slides to Your Story Map<\/strong><br \/>\nPowerPoint slides can also be useful additions to your Story Map, providing an introduction, additional context, interesting graphics, and more. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/14\/add-powerpoint-slides-story-map\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s how to use PowerPoint slides<\/a> (or any graphic) in your Story Map Tour, Journal, or Series.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/14\/add-powerpoint-slides-story-map\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5629\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/08\/mv-8-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n4. Add Links to Captions in Your Story Map Tour<\/strong><br \/>\nA question we are asked is: how can I add a link to the caption or description under the photo in my Story Map Tour? <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/12\/add-links-map-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s how.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/12\/add-links-map-tour\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5634\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/08\/mt-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<strong>5. Add the ArcGIS Online Map Viewer to Your Story Map<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\nThe map viewer is the primary map authoring app in ArcGIS Online. <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/14\/add-the-arcgis-online-map-viewer-to-your-story-map\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s how to add it<\/a> to your Story Map Series or Story Map Journal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2015\/08\/14\/add-the-arcgis-online-map-viewer-to-your-story-map\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5635\" src=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/app\/uploads\/files\/2015\/08\/mv-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about story maps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[276562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5625","insider","type-insider","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-storytelling-maps"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Story Maps: 5 Tips and Tricks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/insider\/story-maps-5-tips-and-tricks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Story Maps: 5 Tips and Tricks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Story maps are a great way to harness the power of maps to tell your stories. 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