Meet your new favorite way to tell stories. With StoryMaps, the future of digital storytelling is here to bring together media, maps, and text in ways you never thought possible.

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Let readers easily compare two images or express maps with an interactive slider

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Browse the full ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, Esri’s curated collection of maps, scenes, apps, and datasets from around the globe. If you find a map you’d like to include in your story, add it to your favorites and it will appear under the "My Favorites" tab above.

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Use this immersive block to create a sequence of presentation-like slides that your readers navigate laterally.

With slideshow, images, videos, or express maps fill the entire slide background. You can add concise bits of text to each slide to provide context, and reposition the narrative panel to ensure the key parts of your media remain visible.

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Save yourself time with these simple starting points. You can always add more blocks later if you want.

Readers explore a curated set of places in whatever order they choose

Explorer map tour

Walk your audience through a list of locations sequentially

Guided map tour

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Learning and resources

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Connect with other authors in our online community of storytellers

Learn about accounts, plans, and Premium subscriptions

Discover the ins and outs of key StoryMaps features

Add places to your story with simple drawing and annotation tools

Find inspiration—and act on it—while you’re out and about with our mobile app

First impressions are everything; with StoryMaps, it’s easy to make a great one. Choose from a variety of ready-to-use themes crafted by our experienced design team, or quickly create your own to match your brand’s guidelines.

Say good-bye to boring and embrace your inner designer. You can set the mood for your story with different background colors, fonts, button styles, quotes and more. Choose from a variety of ready-to-use themes or quickly create your own.

Whether you’re on the couch or at the beach, you can connect with other authors and be transported to new destinations through the StoryMaps mobile app.

We take care of hosting your story to ensure your content performs on-demand

Enjoy the ease of creating an interactive story without needing technical expertise

Control the way your story looks with rich text editing capabilities

Share your story via URL, social media or embed it on your own website

Whatever your content, it’s right at home here

Videos? Charts? Photos? Audio? Weave it all together with supporting text through our flexible authoring experience. Provide even more context with an accompanying <map-link>map</map-link>, or choose from a number of immersive layouts for a truly memorable read.

Cool, you’ve made it to the knowledge base. Consider this the place to be if you’re wondering how a specific feature works, which file types you can use, what different menus do, that kind of thing. Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? <feedback>Let us know</feedback>.

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Add sound to your story as click-to-play elements or on-demand in the background

Combine a group of related stories, files and other web content into a collection and give your audience a single link to view everything

Curate collections of content

Specify up to three accent colors to use throughout your content

Adjust other elements—buttons, quote styles, etc.—to complement your story’s tone

The right appearance sets the tone of your story. With custom themes, you can give your story a look of its own.

Choose from our font selection or the thousands available from Google Fonts

Bring live web content, like social posts or other websites, directly into your story

Curate a set of places your audience can peruse in whatever order they choose

Highlight places or areas of interest. Enhance your maps with pop-ups, images, labels, arrows and other elements.

Navigate your readers to locations one-by-one in an intentional and revealing order

Bring your own images; StoryMaps supports the most popular formats

Create dynamic experiences for readers with ready-to-use interactive elements

Immersives: Provide engaging experiences

Upload images, PDFs, and more to further enhance the story you’re telling

If it lives on the web, you can include it in a collection, all you need is the link

Showcase your collection content in a variety of layout options

Specify the basemap and symbology that best suit your subject

Take your readers on a journey where your story happens. You only need a few minutes to make a map.

Maps: Give context with places

Tell your story how it’s meant to be told using a variety of visuals

Multimedia: Go beyond words

Compare your story’s appearance across devices quickly and easily

Content is automatically optimized making it easily discoverable by popular search engines

No matter where your audience is, you can use StoryMaps to connect with them

Share stories anywhere

Pair descriptive text with large, dynamic media to draw readers deep into your narrative

Add an interesting aside or optional deep dive as a click-through carousel

Build a following with a customizable portfolio of your work

One-click sharing and optimized social cards are at your fingertips

Create interesting stories that captivate readers as they scroll

Everything you need to express yourself

Bring your data to life on a custom map. Show how things are related to each other like patterns, and trends.

Apply standard and custom themes consistently to stories and collections

Change the color scheme, font and design of your content with a single click. Choose from a range of options provided or create your own easily.

Features

Revise content after you’ve shared it, then push changes live when you’re ready

Upload your own files or link to a third-party provider like YouTube

Quickly grab an iframe for your story and add it to a website

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Create all of the stories and collections you want

Unlimited creation

Open access to all layouts and build your own themes

Endless customization

Thematic maps, 3D map tours, data importing

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Every story has a place

Add context to your content easily with beautiful layouts and immersive experiences made in minutes. You can choose what to use from videos, images, audio clips and even embeds. StoryMaps comes equipped with everything you need to ensure your story looks great.

Interactive digital experiences

Transport your readers to any place at any time. With StoryMaps, you get access to the world’s leading mapping technology to guide your readers to your favorite places, illustrate trends or even take them on an interactive tour.

Whether you’re on the couch or at the beach, you can connect with other authors and explore new destinations through the StoryMaps mobile app

Great storytelling wherever you are

Sure, a 2D map tour is great, but there are a few scenarios where that extra dimension really packs a storytelling punch

What it is, why you need it, and how to do it well

Simple tips, tricks, and hacks to get the most out of the builder

Three different approaches to bundling related stories

What’s in a collection?

Connect with other storytellers

Don’t let hard-to-read typography or low-contrast color palettes prevent someone from enjoying your content

Build a connection with your audience by making the personal universal

Maps are great, but interactive charts and tables can propel your story to new heights

Finding happiness with charts

Elevate your story with guidance from the experts

A designers guide to pairing Google Fonts for your next custom theme

Interviewing story subjects can help add authority to a story. These tips will help you prep to get all the info you need.

Technical support, documentation, how-to’s, and more

Develop your storytelling skills with tips and advice from experts

Sharpen your storytelling skills with tips and tricks from the StoryMaps team

Telling a compelling story often starts with great writing, but it doesn’t stop there.

Find answers to questions like "what’s a story?" and "how do you tell one?"

Still learning about StoryMaps? Dig deeper with these resources.

More essential info

Maps add depth and context to multimedia storytelling

Suggested actions and other resources are always in this menu

Skills lab

Story breakdown

Finding happiness with charts

Story breakdown

What’s in a collection?

Building your story

Immersive blocks and you

StoryMaps hacks!

Engaging your audience

The case for alternative text

Draw readers into your story

Font-pairing tips

Use interviews to add perspective to your stories

How to design an accessible theme

Telling a story with photography

To 3D or not to 3D?

Unlock your inner storyteller

Why maps?

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