{"id":2753832,"date":"2025-04-09T10:30:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T17:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2753832"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T17:55:43","slug":"write-your-own-gis-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/education\/write-your-own-gis-tutorial","title":{"rendered":"Write your own GIS tutorial"},"author":7411,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[430042],"tags":[767312,27911],"industry":[],"product":[36611],"class_list":["post-2753832","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-template","tag-tutorial","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Use our template and tips to write your own tutorials.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.arcgis.com\/en\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Tutorials<\/a> team, we know that many of you are looking for tutorials to meet specific needs. 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