


If your images don't have location information, Map Tour Builder lets you locate them on the map interactively. When you upload images or use images in Flickr, Map Tour Builder automatically reads in geotag information from the images you use to locate them on your map. Map Tour Builder reads in titles and captions stored with images in Flickr, and automatically uses the best image size to ensure the picture draws quickly in your tour. So if you or your organization are already using Flickr to share images on the web, it is easy to add these images into a Map Tour. You can also use images that are already being shared publicly in Flickr, a leading photo hosting and sharing system. Images you upload are optimized by the Map Tour Builder so they draw quickly in your tour. In Story Map Tour (but not in the other app templates), this option requires an ArcGIS subscription account with Publisher privileges. The recommended and easiest way to add images into a Map Tour is to simply upload them directly as files from your computer into the Map Tour Builder, where they will be stored in the cloud with your tour. You have several choices for adding your images into a Story Map Tour. Use the Three Panel or Integrated layouts if you don't want your images to appear cropped on any display. Note that if you use the Side Panel layout, in which the photos fill the available display space, your photos will appear cropped in certain web browser window shapes.

The recommended image aspect ratio is 4:3. Map Tours generally look best if all the images have the same size and aspect ratio, so your users don't get distracted by differently shaped images as they go through your tour. To make a Story Map Tour℠, you first need to assemble and organize the media (photos or videos) you want to use.įor photos, you can use images of any size and shape, but we recommend landscape orientation (i.e., images that are wider than they are tall).
