{"id":1001072,"date":"2020-09-30T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-30T21:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=1001072"},"modified":"2021-02-19T05:09:07","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:09:07","slug":"whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-september-2020","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-september-2020","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s new in ArcGIS StoryMaps (September 2020)"},"author":5441,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37131],"tags":[262052,756801,436042,756712,756622],"industry":[],"product":[36611,380802],"class_list":["post-1001072","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-constituent-engagement","tag-branding","tag-explorer-tour","tag-shared-theme","tag-whats-new-in-storymaps","tag-whats-new-september-2020","product-story-maps","product-arcgis-storymaps"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS StoryMaps has been updated with a new explorer map tour, theme builder, and more.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"sidebar","content":"<p><em>This post was originally published September 9 and was updated September 30.<\/em><\/p>\n","image_reference":false,"layout":"standard","image_reference_figure":"","snippet":"","spotlight_name":"","section_title":"","position":"Center","spotlight_image":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/\">ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a>\u00a0helps you tell remarkable stories with custom maps that inform and inspire. A story can effect change, influence opinion, and create awareness\u2014and maps are an integral part of storytelling. ArcGIS StoryMaps can give your narrative a stronger sense of place, illustrate spatial relationships, and add visual appeal and credibility to your ideas.<\/p>\n<p>ArcGIS StoryMaps is updated regularly, and this month we\u2019re announcing two big new features, explorer tours and theme builder, as well as several other helpful enhancements.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explorer map tour<\/li>\n<li>Theme builder + theme builder enhancements<\/li>\n<li>Playback options for videos<\/li>\n<li>Use a web map for an express map basemap<\/li>\n<li>Usability improvements<\/li>\n<li>And more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Explorer map tour (beta)<\/h2>\n<p><em>Long live Shortlist!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new immersive block in town: it\u2019s a type of map tour called an <strong>explorer tour<\/strong> that is designed to help you present larger sets of places for your readers to, well, <em>explore<\/em>&#8230;any way they choose. The <em>grid layout<\/em> of the new explorer tour was inspired by the classic <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps-classic.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/shortlist\/\">Story Map Shortlist template<\/a>, and there\u2019s also a <em>list layout<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Building an explorer tour is similar to building a guided tour\u2014just add a photo, title, and description for each place. Geotagged photos will be automatically placed on the map.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Explorer Map Tour: Add an Explorer Tour to Your Story\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1TxEHyyKc1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Stay tuned for future updates, because we\u2019re working on more ways for you to create tours even faster.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more examples and tips on how to use explorer tours in your stories, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/mapping\/explorer-tour-added-to-storymaps\/\">Expand your storytelling horizons with explorer tour<\/a>\u00a0and our <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/2ed07d655eb64835b2244ef95da667fd\">explorer tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Theme builder (beta)<\/h2>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><em>Create your own theme<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We know many of you in the storytelling community have been looking forward to having more flexibility to change the appearance of your stories. Now, in addition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/sharing-collaboration\/create-a-standout-story-with-arcgis-storymaps-design-panel\/\">themes and other options available in the design panel<\/a>, you can use theme builder to create your own themes.<\/p>\n<p>A theme defines things like the colors, fonts, and block styles used in your story. All aspects of a theme are configured in the theme builder. After you create a theme, you publish it so it can be used in a story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Themes: Create a Custom Theme\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0b56ETnzx_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To apply a published theme to a story go to the story builder, open the design panel, and click <strong>Browse themes<\/strong>. You\u2019ll see your published themes and can click one to select it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Themes: Add a Custom Theme to a Story\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LTQKQ0Upg_Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you want to browse all the themes you&#8217;ve created, you can get to the <strong>Themes<\/strong> page from your profile menu (shown below) or by clicking <strong>Manage<\/strong> in the Themes section of the design panel in the story builder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1001282,"id":1001282,"title":"Screen Shot 2020-09-08 at 5.53.07 PM","filename":"Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","filesize":8987,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-september-2020\/screen-shot-2020-09-08-at-5-53-07-pm-2","alt":"ArcGIS StoryMaps profile menu","author":"5441","description":"","caption":"","name":"screen-shot-2020-09-08-at-5-53-07-pm-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1001072,"date":"2020-09-08 22:06:51","modified":"2020-09-08 22:07:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":300,"height":369,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","medium-width":212,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","medium_large-width":300,"medium_large-height":369,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","large-width":300,"large-height":369,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","1536x1536-width":300,"1536x1536-height":369,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","2048x2048-width":300,"2048x2048-height":369,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","card_image-width":300,"card_image-height":369,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-08-at-5.53.07-PM-1.jpg","wide_image-width":300,"wide_image-height":369}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Want to learn more about working with themes? Check out these additional resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/tips-on-using-the-new-arcgis-storymaps-theme-builder\/\">Tips on using the new ArcGIS StoryMaps theme builder<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/acdb6c4deff24c1980296b04987b745c\">Add flavor to your stories with theme builder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Theme enhancements<\/h3>\n<p>Theme builder was released at the beginning of September, but we\u2019ve already rolled out some big updates.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You can now optionally specify a <strong>logo<\/strong> as part of a theme<\/li>\n<li>Several <strong>new<\/strong> <strong>fonts<\/strong> have been added based on requests from our storytelling community: Arial, Georgia Pro, Helvetica Neue, and Verdana Pro (dyslexia-friendly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Note that \u201cPro\u201d fonts include additional characters for expanded language support, but are otherwise the same as their non-pro versions.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s coming for themes?<\/h3>\n<p>We\u2019re excited to make theme builder available, but keep in mind it&#8217;s still new and in beta. We know you\u2019ll want more, and we\u2019ve got a lot more planned!<\/p>\n<p>Something to be aware of is<em> themes are currently only available to their creators<\/em>. That means you can (for now) only use themes you&#8217;ve created. But don\u2019t worry, we know a big advantage of themes is sharing them, and we&#8217;re working on providing the ability to use themes created by others in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Some other things we\u2019re looking at for the future include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Color picker<\/li>\n<li>Contrast checker (to let you know if your theme colors meet accessibility guidelines)<\/li>\n<li>More style, font, and spacing options<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please let us know what you think of theme builder so far and what you\u2019d like to see by <a href=\"https:\/\/community.esri.com\/community\/arcgis-storymaps\">dropping us a note on GeoNet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Playback options for videos<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ve heard from members of the storytelling community who\u2019ve asked for more control over how uploaded videos behave in stories. Now you can choose from several options for how uploaded videos behave and what controls are shown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1025601,"id":1025601,"title":"","filename":"Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM.jpg","filesize":54660,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/whats-new-in-arcgis-storymaps-september-2020\/screen-shot-2020-09-29-at-11-15-06-pm","alt":"Video playback options","author":"5441","description":"","caption":"","name":"screen-shot-2020-09-29-at-11-15-06-pm","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1001072,"date":"2020-09-30 03:15:19","modified":"2020-09-30 03:15:33","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1142,"height":1416,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM.jpg","medium-width":210,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":952,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM.jpg","large-width":871,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM.jpg","1536x1536-width":1142,"1536x1536-height":1416,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM.jpg","2048x2048-width":1142,"2048x2048-height":1416,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM-375x465.jpg","card_image-width":375,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screen-Shot-2020-09-29-at-11.15.06-PM-871x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":871,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For linked videos, you can still use URL parameters supported by the video hosting platform (e.g, YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) to tailor the experience. These parameters must be specified using iframe code. See the Link vs. iframe code section of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/constituent-engagement\/enrich-your-story-maps-with-embedded-web-content\/\">this blog<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Additional basemap flexibility for express maps<\/h2>\n<p>Back in June, a gallery of beautiful, useful vector basemaps was added for use with express maps and guided tours. Then in July, we added the ability for you to pick a web map to use as the basemap for a guided tour.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you can also pick a web map to define the basemap for an express map. You can pick from your own maps, your favorite maps, maps from colleagues in your organization, and also maps in the <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/\">Living Atlas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Express Maps: Use a Web Map as the Basemap\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nA0eUWqdnRg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Usability improvements<\/h2>\n<p>Esri conducted more than a dozen usability studies as part of the recent virtual Esri User Conference. A goal of these studies is to improve your experience of using ArcGIS products.<\/p>\n<p>The study focusing on ArcGIS StoryMaps identified several quick usability wins we could implement and uncovered two potential design issues for us to keep an eye on. We also confirmed that authors appreciate consistent patterns within ArcGIS StoryMaps and when those patterns are consistent with other ArcGIS products.<\/p>\n<p>This month, we\u2019re rolling out several of the quick wins identified in our study and we hope they make a positive impact for first-time authors and experienced storytellers. For example, all new stories now use the minimal cover style to make it easier to see how to continue building a story. Also, the slides panel is initially expanded after adding an immersive block, like a sidecar or guided tour, so it\u2019s more apparent that you\u2019re building a set of slides in these blocks. These and other small changes should make it easier for authors to discover and use the available builder tools.<\/p>\n<p>Our team has more studies planned for the future, and we&#8217;ll continue to work to improve the usability of building and reading stories.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>And more\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Other enhancements added this month include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The limit for the number of story navigation links has been increased to 30 (from 10)<\/li>\n<li>The swipe block is no longer in beta<\/li>\n<li>Co-authors can duplicate stories and collections. A co-author is a colleague who can also edit your story via membership in a shared update group. For more information on collaboration workflows, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/constituent-engagement\/optimize-group-settings-to-share-stories-like-never-before\/\">this blog post<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Support for uploading SVG images to a story. This may come in handy if you\u2019ve exported a model diagram from ArcGIS Pro, for example.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-storymaps\/get-started\/what-is-arcgis-storymaps.htm\">ArcGIS StoryMaps product documentation<\/a> in now available in six additional languages (French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, and Simplified Chinese) and has a new <a href=\"https:\/\/doc.arcgis.com\/en\/arcgis-storymaps\/reference\/release-notes.htm\">release notes<\/a> section so you can get more information about what&#8217;s been added, changed, and fixed in each update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Banner photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@ro_ka?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Robert Katzki<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/colors?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":5441,"user_firstname":"Owen","user_lastname":"Evans","nickname":"Owen Evans","user_nicename":"oevans","display_name":"Owen Evans","user_email":"OEvans@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:17:09","user_description":"Owen is the lead product engineer for ArcGIS StoryMaps and has been with Esri since 2004. Before joining the StoryMaps team, he spent 11 years as a solution engineer on Esri's National Government team helping people understand the value and utility of geospatial thinking.","user_avatar":"<img data-del=\"avatar\" src='https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/03\/OJE_FedGIS.jpg' class='avatar pp-user-avatar avatar-96 photo ' height='96' width='96'\/>"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":1019191,"post_author":"6331","post_date":"2020-09-30 15:02:08","post_date_gmt":"2020-09-30 22:02:08","post_content":"","post_title":"Expand your storytelling horizons with explorer tour","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"explorer-tour-added-to-storymaps","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-12-28 14:25:10","post_modified_gmt":"2021-12-28 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