Great Story Maps - Blue Raster Esri User Conference 2014 Presentation

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Great Story Maps and

How to Emulate ThemAllen Carroll, Moderator

Anne Reynolds, Michael Lippmann,

Carrie Tropasso, Doreen Whitley

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Our Storytellers

• Anne Reynolds Cape Cod Commission

• Michael Lippmann Blue Raster

• Carrie Tropasso Pennsylvania DNR

• Doreen Whitley National Audubon Society

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Co-Founder & Principal, Blue Raster@leepmon

Michael Lippmann

Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them

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• What makes a good Story Map?

- Easy to consume

- Human connection

- Photos

- Video/audio

- No layer lists to toggle on/off

- This is not 1990’s GIS

• Teach the user something new, quickly.

Creating a Story Map is a Process

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•Gather your ingredients first

- What are you trying to tell?

- How will it engage users?

- Subject matter expertise

• Are your ingredients prepped?

- Data/shapefile

- Title

- Copy

- Images/Videos

- Project sponsor who will publish it

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Recipe for a Successful Story Map Project

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• Component parts

- Compelling title

- Description in 1 sentence

- we live in 140 character world

• Visual design

- Human element-

photos/video

- Easy to consume

• What are we mapping?

Blue Raster Story Map Starter Kit-

1 page of questions to accelerate the process

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These are not story maps.

Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them

Communicate without toolbars

and layer lists.

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•Minimal

interaction to

“get the point”

•No layer lists or

complex

interfaces

Rule of One Click

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Curate your story

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• Rapidly get your data online for exploration

Tool for Success - Esri Maps for Office

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival – Traditions of the World

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Smithsonian Folklife Festival – Story Map #2 – Reused template

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Amnesty International “Will I Be Next?” – uses Esri GeoBlog

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Poverty in School Age Children between 2005-2011 for School Districts

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• Understand the Go Live Rules –

- Approval process?

- Story Maps can be scary

• Test across all browsers and

mobile devices

• Perishable- Ship Early, Ship Often

• Plan for the next one…

Successful Go Live!

Great Story Maps and How to Emulate Them