{"id":2951594,"date":"2025-12-31T11:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2951594"},"modified":"2026-01-08T05:49:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T13:49:58","slug":"how-to-make-a-map-portfolio-with-arcgis-living-atlas","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/decision-support\/how-to-make-a-map-portfolio-with-arcgis-living-atlas","title":{"rendered":"How to make a Map Portfolio with ArcGIS Living Atlas"},"author":134231,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[37141],"tags":[572002,780966,780965,780967,706371],"industry":[],"product":[36581],"class_list":["post-2951594","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-decision-support","tag-arcgis-living-atlas","tag-executive-leadership","tag-map-portfolio","tag-storymap-collections","tag-storymaps","product-arcgis-living-atlas"],"acf":{"short_description":"Create a Map Portfolio for executive leadership with ArcGIS Living Atlas Content","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Do you find yourself presenting GIS content to executive leadership and wondering whether your presentation is high-level and concise\u2014while still clearly communicating what your maps show? If so, a Map Portfolio<\/strong> is an effective way to present GIS content to executive audiences.<\/p>\n

A Map Portfolio presents a condensed set of data, maps, and StoryMaps within an ArcGIS StoryMap Collection<\/a>, designed specifically for executive consumption. Each Map Portfolio is organized by geography\u2014such as a nation, state, province, district, or other boundary\u2014and contains multiple StoryMaps. Each StoryMap focuses on a single issue or topic relevant to leadership priorities.<\/p>\n

Within each StoryMap, one or more web maps illustrate the topic. Accompanying text briefly explains the issue, describes what the map shows in plain language, and cites the data source. Additional context, supporting apps, and detailed source information are provided at the bottom of each StoryMap.<\/p>\n

Click the image below to view examples of successful Map Portfolios.<\/p>\n

Click on the image below to see examples<\/a> of successful Map Portfolios.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2952098,"id":2952098,"title":"Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog","filename":"Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","filesize":971157,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/decision-support\/how-to-make-a-map-portfolio-with-arcgis-living-atlas\/map_portfolio_examples_blog","alt":"","author":"134231","description":"","caption":"","name":"map_portfolio_examples_blog","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2951594,"date":"2025-12-17 17:21:07","modified":"2025-12-17 17:21:07","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1430,"height":898,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","medium-width":416,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":482,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","large-width":1430,"large-height":898,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","1536x1536-width":1430,"1536x1536-height":898,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","2048x2048-width":1430,"2048x2048-height":898,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog-740x465.png","card_image-width":740,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Map_Portfolio_Examples_Blog.png","wide_image-width":1430,"wide_image-height":898}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/collections\/9c8bcca8a4314d1cabb80c0c697cee5e"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

ArcGIS Living Atlas Content<\/h1>\n

While using your organization\u2019s local data is ideal, ArcGIS Living Atlas<\/strong> offers a vast collection of curated, ready-to-use geographic content\u2014including layers, maps, and apps\u2014from Esri and thousands of trusted organizations. Living Atlas content can supplement your local data or, when local data is unavailable, serve as the primary data source for your Map Portfolio.<\/p>\n

For example, if your topic is housing affordability, you can search \u201ccost burden housing\u201d<\/em> in Living Atlas and use the ready-to-use web map \u201cWhere are households with burdensome housing costs?\u201d as the foundation of your StoryMap.<\/p>\n

While using your own local data of your organization is best, ArcGIS Living Atlas<\/a> provides a vast collection of curated, ready-to-use geographic content (layers, maps, apps) from Esri and thousands of organizations that can be used to help you create your Map Portfolios. Living Atlas content can help supplement your local data to help better present your topics of interest, or if you don’t have local data for your topics of interest, Living Atlas content can be used for the entirety of your Map Portfolios. For example, if you wanted to focus on where area with burdensome housing, you can search ‘cost burden housing<\/a>‘ in Living Atlas, and use a ready-to-use web map titled ‘Where are households with burdensome housing costs<\/a>?’<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2953358,"id":2953358,"title":"LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing","filename":"LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","filesize":442751,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/decision-support\/how-to-make-a-map-portfolio-with-arcgis-living-atlas\/law_search_cost_burden_housing","alt":"","author":"134231","description":"","caption":"","name":"law_search_cost_burden_housing","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2951594,"date":"2026-01-07 18:27:11","modified":"2026-01-07 18:27:11","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1333,"height":958,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","medium-width":363,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":552,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","large-width":1333,"large-height":958,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","1536x1536-width":1333,"1536x1536-height":958,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","2048x2048-width":1333,"2048x2048-height":958,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing-647x465.png","card_image-width":647,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LAW_Search_Cost_Burden_Housing.png","wide_image-width":1333,"wide_image-height":958}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=cost%20burden%20housing#d=2&q=cost+burden+housing"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Steps to Create your First Map Portfolio<\/h1>\n

Let’s start by creating your first StoryMap for your Map Portfolio. For this example, I’ll be using Georgia as my geography of interest, and the topic will be broadband access, using a web map creating from the ‘FCC Broadband Data Collection June 2025<\/a>‘ in Living Atlas.<\/p>\n

1. Executive-Ready Web Maps<\/h2>\n