{"id":81311,"date":"2018-07-18T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T20:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/using-story-map-autoplay-mode\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T18:17:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T01:17:37","slug":"using-story-map-autoplay-mode","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/using-story-map-autoplay-mode","title":{"rendered":"Using Story Map autoplay mode"},"author":7641,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[29261],"industry":[],"product":[36571,36551,36611],"class_list":["post-81311","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-story-map-tips","product-arcgis-enterprise","product-arcgis-online","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"Story Maps normally require user interaction; the viewer must click or scroll to advance to the next section, entry, or tour point. But m...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: This blog article covers the classic Esri Story Maps <strong>which are in mature support and scheduled to be retired in late 2025<\/strong>. Story authors are strongly encouraged to use the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS StoryMaps<\/a> to create stories.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about transitioning to the new StoryMaps, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/resources\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS StoryMaps resources<\/a>. For more information about the transition from classic Esri Story Maps to the new ArcGIS StoryMaps, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/arcgis\/products\/arcgis-storymaps\/classic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Esri Story Maps: Now in mature support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/breakgray.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Maps<\/a> normally require user interaction; the viewer must click or scroll to advance to the next section, entry, or tour point. But many Story Maps support <strong>autoplay mode<\/strong>, where the story advances automatically, and loops when finished.<\/p>\n<p>Autoplay mode is ideal when you want to use a story map in a public kiosk, such as in a visitor center or museum exhibit. It&#8217;s also useful if you are displaying live data and want to cycle through maps to show the latest information, such as in a command center or emergency operations center.<\/p>\n<p>The following Story Maps support autoplay:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/map-journal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map Journal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/map-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map Tour<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/map-series\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map Series<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/shortlist\/\">Story Map Shortlist<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/cascade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map Cascade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/app-list\/swipe-spyglass\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Story Map Swipe &amp; Spyglass<\/a> (when a series is defined)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Using autoplay<\/h2>\n<p>To autoplay any of the Story Map apps listed above, simply add <strong>&amp;autoplay<\/strong> to the Story Map URL. 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Click to pause or play, or grab the slider to adjust the time interval.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":434762,"id":434762,"title":"auto-3","filename":"auto-3.png","filesize":13076,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/mapping\/using-story-map-autoplay-mode\/auto-3","alt":"","author":"7641","description":"","caption":"","name":"auto-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":81311,"date":"2019-02-12 17:31:07","modified":"2019-02-12 17:31:07","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":468,"height":100,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3-150x100.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":100,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3-300x64.png","medium-width":300,"medium-height":64,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3.png","medium_large-width":468,"medium_large-height":100,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3.png","large-width":468,"large-height":100,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3.png","1536x1536-width":468,"1536x1536-height":100,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3.png","2048x2048-width":468,"2048x2048-height":100,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3.png","card_image-width":468,"card_image-height":100,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/07\/auto-3.png","wide_image-width":468,"wide_image-height":100}},"image_position":"left-center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>When paused, you can interact with the Story Map normally, then click play to resume.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/en\/faq\/#question25b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Autoplay<\/a> in the Story Maps FAQ for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em>This post was originally published on March 1, 2016, and has been updated.<\/em><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":7641,"user_firstname":"Bernie","user_lastname":"Szukalski","nickname":"Bern Szukalski","user_nicename":"bszukalski","display_name":"Bern Szukalski","user_email":"bszukalski@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-26 17:55:14","user_description":"I am a corporate technology evangelist and geo advocate at Esri, focusing on ways to broaden access to geographic information and helping customers succeed with ArcGIS. \r\n\r\nOn a good day I'm making a map, on a great day I'm on one. 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