ArcGIS StoryMaps - Creating a Map

Creating a Map using ArcGIS StoryMaps

ArcGIS StoryMaps is a story authoring web-based application that enables you to share your maps in the context of narrative text and other multimedia content.

If you experience issues with ArcGIS StoryMaps, you may refer to the additional documentation or contact the ITS help desk at 909-621-8061 or servicedesk@pomona.edu.

Getting Started with the ArcGIS StoryMaps

Go to https://claremont.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html
Select “Sign in” in the upper right-hand corner
Log in using the Central Authentication Service
On the top menu, select the square icon and find the “StoryMaps” icon
Select the “StoryMaps” icon

Graphical user interface, application, Teams

Description automatically generated

Creating a Map

In the new “Projects” page that opens, select “New Story”
Using the drop-down menu that appears, select how you would like to begin. Users can start from scratch or start with some simple starting templates. These include a “Sidecar” template which has a scrolling narrative panel, a “Guided map tour” template that allows you to walk your audience through a list of sequential locations, and an “Explorer map tour” where readers explore a curated set of places in whatever order they choose.