Telling Stories with Maps
Telling Stories with Maps Allen Carroll and David Asbury
Who We Are and Why We’re Here
The team •
Allen Carroll, David Asbury, Lee Bock, Stephen Sylvia
Our goals •
Showcase useful and important geographic information
•
Demonstrate the power of ArcGIS as a communication platform
•
Enable thousands of people to create and publish their own story maps
Traditional GIS
•
Decision support
•
Asset management
•
Planning and analysis
•
Field mobility
•
Situational awareness
•
Public awareness
The New GIS
•
Decision support
•
Asset management
•
Planning and analysis
•
Telling a story
•
Field mobility
•
Emancipating data
•
Situational awareness
•
Briefing colleagues
•
Public awareness
•
Involving constituents
•
Informing
•
Inspiring
•
Entertaining
and more…
The Customary Way of Thinking
•
What is my task?
•
How do I gather data?
•
How do I perform my analysis?
•
How do I represent my data, model, analysis?
A Different Way of Thinking
X
•
What is my task?
•
How do I gather data?
•
How do I perform my analysis?
•
How do I represent my data, model, analysis?
•
What is the story I want to tell?
•
Who is my audience?
•
How do I tell my story?
•
How do I combine my maps with text, graphics, and other content?
•
How do I enable others to tell their own stories with my data?
Assembling a story map
Raw Materials
Map services
Table
Desktop map
Base map
Multimedi a content
Web Map(s)
Apps/templates
Audience
Web
Tablet
Text
Mobile
Building a Story Map: The Process START •
Open ArcGIS Online, choose a basemap
BUILD •
Put up an ArcGIS desktop map as a service and/or…
•
Find existing map services and web maps
•
Add and combine maps
•
Add data from a table
REFINE
…through multiple iterations
SHARE
…via ArcGIS Online groups
PUBLISH
…using a storytelling template
Building a Story Map Case study: •
New York City Place Matters
•
Partnership with City Lore, a New York non-profit
•
User-submitted “special places” in the Big Apple
DEMO Building a Web map Using a template to publish a story map
Choosing a Basemap: pros and cons
World Topo
Streets
Nat Geo
Imagery
Light Gray
Oceans
Canvas
Titles and Text
•
Your web map’s “Description” page determines the title and text in your story map
Refining CSVs
Name for Description Type popup title for popup becomes text icon styles
Lat-Long for location
Image URL for photos
Links for “more info”
From CSV to Web Map & Popup
Name for Description Type popup title for popup becomes text icon styles
Lat-Long for location
Image URL for photos
Links for “more info”
Choosing a Template
Available in a public “Storytelling Templates” group on ArcGIS.com
Basic storytelling Viewer with dropdown legend
Swipe tool User can compare two layers of a web map
Side panel Text and legend in scrollable panel
Tabbed theme Put 3-5 thematic maps into a narrative
Time-enabled Text and legend panel plus a time slider
Multiviewer Put two or three maps next to one another
One Web Map, Two Stories •
text
Rich & poor zip codes With text and legend panel
Rich & poor zip codes + Income in side-by-side viewer
Quick tour of recent story maps/templates
•
http://storymaps.esri.com
Resources
•
ArcGIS.com
•
Storymaps.esri.com
•
•
“Workflows and Best Practices” document available via “What are story maps” page
•
“Telling Stories with Maps” white paper also available
How to reach us -
Allen
[email protected]
-
David
[email protected]
-
Lee
[email protected]
-
Steve
[email protected]
Telling stories with maps
•
•
•
Stay tuned for more templates -
Narrative
-
Series of swipe pages
-
Volunteered geographic information
Please let us know what you need -
New templates and platforms
-
Functionalities
-
Basemaps and map services
We want you to tell your stories
Join our email list
[email protected]
Questions?
Upcoming Events (www.esri.com/events)
March 8 -
MeetUp at Esri (Vienna, VA)
April 12 -
MeetUp in DC area (location TBD)
Mar 24-27 – Esri Partner Conference (Palm Springs, CA) Mar 26-29 – Esri Developer Summit (Palm Springs, CA) July 21-24 – Esri Homeland Security Summit (San Diego, CA) July 23-27 – Esri International User Conference (San Diego, CA)
Thursday Evening Reception •
6:30 – 9:30 pm
•
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
•
Logistics: -
6:15 – 10:00 pm Buses transport between convention center and reception
-
Conference Badge needed for reception
-
Coat check – available at entrance
-
Serving hot hors d’oeuvres and beverages
Friday Closing Session and Hosted Lunch •
Join conference attendees for lunch and closing session
•
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
•
Ballrooms A-C, Third Level
•
Closing Speaker – Chris Smith, United States Department of Agriculture
•
Wrap-up and request for feedback with Jack Dangermond
of closing session.
. .
Thank You Please complete session evaluation form
Who We Are and Why We’re Here
The team •
Allen Carroll, David Asbury, Lee Bock, Stephen Sylvia
Our goals •
Showcase useful and important geographic information
•
Demonstrate the power of ArcGIS as a communication platform
•
Enable thousands of people to create and publish their own story maps
Traditional GIS
•
Decision support
•
Asset management
•
Planning and analysis
•
Field mobility
•
Situational awareness
•
Public awareness
The New GIS
•
Decision support
•
Asset management
•
Planning and analysis
•
Telling a story
•
Field mobility
•
Emancipating data
•
Situational awareness
•
Briefing colleagues
•
Public awareness
•
Involving constituents
•
Informing
•
Inspiring
•
Entertaining
and more…
The Customary Way of Thinking
•
What is my task?
•
How do I gather data?
•
How do I perform my analysis?
•
How do I represent my data, model, analysis?
A Different Way of Thinking
X
•
What is my task?
•
How do I gather data?
•
How do I perform my analysis?
•
How do I represent my data, model, analysis?
•
What is the story I want to tell?
•
Who is my audience?
•
How do I tell my story?
•
How do I combine my maps with text, graphics, and other content?
•
How do I enable others to tell their own stories with my data?
Assembling a story map
Raw Materials
Map services
Table
Desktop map
Base map
Multimedi a content
Web Map(s)
Apps/templates
Audience
Web
Tablet
Text
Mobile
Building a Story Map: The Process START •
Open ArcGIS Online, choose a basemap
BUILD •
Put up an ArcGIS desktop map as a service and/or…
•
Find existing map services and web maps
•
Add and combine maps
•
Add data from a table
REFINE
…through multiple iterations
SHARE
…via ArcGIS Online groups
PUBLISH
…using a storytelling template
Building a Story Map Case study: •
New York City Place Matters
•
Partnership with City Lore, a New York non-profit
•
User-submitted “special places” in the Big Apple
DEMO Building a Web map Using a template to publish a story map
Choosing a Basemap: pros and cons
World Topo
Streets
Nat Geo
Imagery
Light Gray
Oceans
Canvas
Titles and Text
•
Your web map’s “Description” page determines the title and text in your story map
Refining CSVs
Name for Description Type popup title for popup becomes text icon styles
Lat-Long for location
Image URL for photos
Links for “more info”
From CSV to Web Map & Popup
Name for Description Type popup title for popup becomes text icon styles
Lat-Long for location
Image URL for photos
Links for “more info”
Choosing a Template
Available in a public “Storytelling Templates” group on ArcGIS.com
Basic storytelling Viewer with dropdown legend
Swipe tool User can compare two layers of a web map
Side panel Text and legend in scrollable panel
Tabbed theme Put 3-5 thematic maps into a narrative
Time-enabled Text and legend panel plus a time slider
Multiviewer Put two or three maps next to one another
One Web Map, Two Stories •
text
Rich & poor zip codes With text and legend panel
Rich & poor zip codes + Income in side-by-side viewer
Quick tour of recent story maps/templates
•
http://storymaps.esri.com
Resources
•
ArcGIS.com
•
Storymaps.esri.com
•
•
“Workflows and Best Practices” document available via “What are story maps” page
•
“Telling Stories with Maps” white paper also available
How to reach us -
Allen
[email protected]
-
David
[email protected]
-
Lee
[email protected]
-
Steve
[email protected]
Telling stories with maps
•
•
•
Stay tuned for more templates -
Narrative
-
Series of swipe pages
-
Volunteered geographic information
Please let us know what you need -
New templates and platforms
-
Functionalities
-
Basemaps and map services
We want you to tell your stories
Join our email list
[email protected]
Questions?
Upcoming Events (www.esri.com/events)
March 8 -
MeetUp at Esri (Vienna, VA)
April 12 -
MeetUp in DC area (location TBD)
Mar 24-27 – Esri Partner Conference (Palm Springs, CA) Mar 26-29 – Esri Developer Summit (Palm Springs, CA) July 21-24 – Esri Homeland Security Summit (San Diego, CA) July 23-27 – Esri International User Conference (San Diego, CA)
Thursday Evening Reception •
6:30 – 9:30 pm
•
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum
•
Logistics: -
6:15 – 10:00 pm Buses transport between convention center and reception
-
Conference Badge needed for reception
-
Coat check – available at entrance
-
Serving hot hors d’oeuvres and beverages
Friday Closing Session and Hosted Lunch •
Join conference attendees for lunch and closing session
•
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
•
Ballrooms A-C, Third Level
•
Closing Speaker – Chris Smith, United States Department of Agriculture
•
Wrap-up and request for feedback with Jack Dangermond
of closing session.
. .
Thank You Please complete session evaluation form
