{"id":991322,"date":"2020-08-27T09:37:47","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T16:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=991322"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T22:51:43","slug":"making-the-most-of-immersives","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/sharing-collaboration\/making-the-most-of-immersives","title":{"rendered":"Making the most of immersives"},"author":7221,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941,37511],"tags":[696461,398132,706371],"industry":[],"product":[36611],"class_list":["post-991322","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-sharing-collaboration","tag-arcgis-story-maps","tag-arcgis-storymaps","tag-storymaps","product-story-maps"],"acf":{"short_description":"ArcGIS StoryMaps' immersive blocks present loads of opportunities for creative storytelling.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

I habitually spend a small portion of my workday exploring stories recently created with ArcGIS StoryMaps, usually by searching on ArcGIS or Twitter. I try to spot trends and identify common pitfalls, and I\u2019m always on the lookout for exemplary stories that I might bookmark or use as examples of outstanding storytelling.<\/p>\n

Happily, I\u2019m encountering more and more stories of exceptionally high quality. Their topics cover almost everything under the sun, and their authors range from students doing first-time projects to professionals communicating on behalf of large organizations. I have saved a subset of these stories into a collection, Outstanding stories from theArcGIS StoryMaps community<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Among the extraordinary qualities of these stories is their effective and imaginative use of immersive blocks. Nearly all of my favorite stories use one or more of ArcGIS StoryMaps\u2019 immersives\u2014sidecar, slideshow, and guided tour\u2014often in interesting combinations.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to show you a few of my favorite examples, in hopes that they might inspire you to use immersive blocks creatively in your own storytelling efforts.<\/p>\n

[Note:<\/strong> Because I frequently modify my Outstanding ArcGIS StoryMaps collection, the links below go directly to the individual stories.]<\/p>\n

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Sidecar<\/strong><\/h2>\n

An immersive with stationary media panel and scrolling narrative panel<\/em><\/p>\n

By far the most widely used immersive is sidecar, which offers two layouts: floating panel and docked panel. Sidecar can be used in lots of ways, and is great for showcasing both maps and images. (I go into greater detail about using sidecar’s docked and floating layouts in this blog post<\/strong><\/a>.)<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":991402,"id":991402,"title":"Partnering for results","filename":"Partnering-for-results.jpg","filesize":868617,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/story-maps\/sharing-collaboration\/making-the-most-of-immersives\/partnering-for-results","alt":"","author":"7221","description":"","caption":"","name":"partnering-for-results","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":991322,"date":"2020-08-27 12:49:13","modified":"2020-08-27 12:49:13","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":2348,"height":1704,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results.jpg","medium-width":360,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":557,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results.jpg","large-width":1488,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results-1536x1115.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1115,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results-2048x1486.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1486,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results-641x465.jpg","card_image-width":641,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Partnering-for-results-1488x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1488,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/7d8d7f3e7dd3475fae88d08b5870b080"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Partnering for Results<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>by the Northern Sierra Partnership makes particularly effective use of the floating panel option. The story showcases striking photographs, videos, and static maps. Floating panels are placed to minimize interference with the images as readers scroll. Text within the sidecar sections is short (for longer text it\u2019s usually advisable to use the docked panel layout). Use of the Tidal theme, with its dark blue background, visually unifies the floating panels with the rest of the story.<\/p>\n

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