Map Choreography: How to make an ArcGIS StoryMap sing and dance

An ArcGIS StoryMap is just a great way to present a geographic narrative. Here's some advice about how to set up a scene in a StoryMap where you zoom and fly around in a map to guide the reader through just what you want them to see. The map is brimming with stories. You are the choreographer.

Here are links to some of the examples you saw in this video:
Challenger Deep: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...
NYC taxis: https://arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index...
World happiness: https://arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index...
What do you call a mountain pass: https://arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index...
Social vulnerability: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...
Drought: https://arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index...
Enclaves: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/...

Curious about how I made the Life Expectancy used map in the example? https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/prod...

Here's an Esri blog post with some more advice about this. https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/prod...

This blog post from Cooper Thomas is really detailed and useful: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/prod...

Check out some other social channels where I share how-to's and updates on random map adventures:

http://adventuresinmapping.com
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/auth...
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