Story Map Journal

The Story Map Journal is ideal when you want to combine narrative text with maps and other embedded content. A Map Journal contains entries, or sections, that users simply scroll through. Each section in a Map Journal has an associated map, image, video or web page. Actions can also be defined in journal sections so that, for example, clicking a word automatically zooms the section’s map to a particular location.

View it live | Map Journal page on Esri Story Maps website | Download

Latest release is version 1.4.1, if you want to be informed of new releases, we recommend you to watch this repository (see GitHub help). See the release page for release notes.

Introduction

A Map Journal application can be created from ArcGIS Online, from the Esri Story Maps website or from a Portal for ArcGIS deployment. The Journal's data are stored in a Web Application Item (this includes the narrative content, reference to the webmap(s), pictures, videos and the settings). This repository provides the application source code for developers that want to customize Map Journal.

For more information about the Map Journal, including a gallery of examples and a step-by-step tutorial, please see the Map Journal page on the Esri Story Maps website.

Instructions

First create your Map Journal in ArcGIS Online using the step-by-step tutorial. Once your story is ready, you have to find its ID in ArcGIS Online. The ID is a 32 character string that you will find in your web browser's address bar when you are viewing your journal.

Download the application
Deploy the application on your webserver. See FAQ for details
Edit index.html, find the configuration section on line 38 and paste in your application ID
Navigate to index.html (e.g., http://127.0.0.1/MapJournal/index.html)

Enjoy! You can continue to use the builder in ArcGIS Online to modify your story. See customize the look and feel section or developer guide if you want to modify the app.

If you are using Portal for ArcGIS, please follow the instructions at the end of app/config.js to configure the application. Optionally you can also configure the application to use the ArcGIS API for JavaScript included on your Portal.

Feedback / support

We would love to hear from you!

When you contact us, don't hesitate to include a link to your application to make it easier for us to understand what you are working on.

FAQ

What should I check before publishing a Journal?

We recommend that you perform the following checks before sharing your Journal with your audience:

Check that all your Journal's content is shared with your audience (webmaps, medias, ...). Typically you can use another computer than the one you have used to build your story to make sure everything is loading properly. Alternatively this article will show you how to configure your browser for an incognito session or you can just sign-out from ArcGIS Online and any service that you have used to host your Journal's resources.
Try the application on different browsers, screen resolutions and mobile devices. You can emulate mobile devices inside your desktop browser.

What are the supported browsers?

Map Journal is supported on Internet Explorer 9 and above, Chrome, Firefox, Safari and the most recent tablet and smartphone devices. Map Journal authoring is supported on Internet Explorer 10 and above, on the most recent tablet but not on smartphone.

We actively test the application in all major browsers but if you experience difficulties especially with the builder, we recommend that you use Chrome.

Tips for your content

Link between sections

One popular request is to add the ability to navigate between Journal's sections using links in the panel or through map features popup. Until we implement that capability in the builder you can do it using HTML markup.

To add links in a section content, use the Source button of the text editor (second from the right on the first line) and use the following markup:

<p><a onclick="require(['dojo/topic'], function(topic){ topic.publish('story-navigate-section', 0); });">Navigate to home section</a></p>
<p><a onclick="require(['dojo/topic'], function(topic){ topic.publish('story-navigate-section', 2); });">Navigate to section 2</a></p>
<p><a onclick="require(['dojo/topic'], function(topic){ topic.publish('story-navigate-section', 4); });">Navigate to section 4</a></p>

Note that the links navigate the Journal using an index that start at 0 for the Home Section. If you remove or reorder your sections, you will have to modify the links manually.

You can also add that capability to map feature popups. This can for example allow the home section map to be the spatial index to your story. To do that you need to download the application and include a piece of code in index.html, look at the end of the file and modify it as below. Follow the instructions to configure the web map and the layer that will receive the click event.

require(["dojo/topic"], function(topic) {
	/*
	 * Custom Javascript to be executed while the application is initializing goes here
	 */
	
	// The application is ready
	topic.subscribe("tpl-ready", function(){
		/*
		 * Custom Javascript to be executed when the application is ready goes here
		 */
	});
	
	/*
	 * Set up a click handler on the feature of the map to navigate the story
	 */
	
	// Configure the webmap id and layer id
	// To get the layer id, just configure the webmap and run the application, 
	//  all the layer ids of your webmap will be printed in the console  
	var WEBMAP_ID = "0bb11c0469f042b3afaf8b0d76572822",
		LAYER_ID = "csv_7673_0";
	
	var clickHandlerIsSetup = false;
	
	topic.subscribe("story-loaded-map", function(result){
		if ( result.id == WEBMAP_ID && ! clickHandlerIsSetup ) {
			var map = app.maps[result.id].response.map,
				layer = map.getLayer(LAYER_ID);
			
			console.log(map.graphicsLayerIds);
			
			if ( layer ) {
				layer.on("mouse-over", function(e){
					map.setMapCursor("pointer");
					map.infoWindow.setContent("<b>"+e.graphic.attributes.name.split(",")[0]+"</b><br/><i>Click to zoom</i>");
					map.infoWindow.show(e.graphic.geometry);
				});
				
				layer.on("mouse-out", function(e){
					map.setMapCursor("default");
					map.infoWindow.hide();
				});
				
				layer.on("click", function(e){
					var index = e.graphic.attributes["__OBJECTID"];
					topic.publish("story-navigate-section", index);
				});
			}
			
			clickHandlerIsSetup = true;
		}
	});
});

Note that it used to be possible until March 2015 to include the navigation links presented above in web map feature collection attributes and to configure the web map popup to display that attributes. Unfortunately that's not a good practice anymore and those links will be removed from the web map automaticaly when they are edited. This would break your application.

Security

Can I keep my Journal private?

Yes, the regular ArcGIS Online security model applies. By default your Journal is private, you can share it through Map Journal builder or ArcGIS Online. When you share your Journal, it is your responsibility to make sure that all the resources of your Journal (webmaps, images, videos) are accessible to your audience.

Who can edit my Journal?

A Journal can only be edited by its owner (the named account that initially created the Journal). Organization Administrator (does not apply for public account) can take or give the Journal's ownership to another user. In that case you won't anymore be able to edit the Journal. Changing the ownership is the only way to collaborate on a Journal creation without sharing the owner's credentials.

Can I use private web map or layer?

Yes.

When the Journal is hosted in ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS, users that don't have access to the Journal or a webmap used in the Journal will be redirected to the ArcGIS Online sign-in page. It is not possible to display an authentication dialog in the Map Journal when the Journal is hosted in ArcGIS Online.

To use a premium layer in a public webmap, follow that procedure.

When the Journal is hosted on your web server, an authentication dialog will appear inside the application.

Note that for that authentication to work on some older browser (Internet Explorer 9) you need to install a proxy server on your web server to make sure the login credentials can be passed securely to ArcGIS Online. For more information, see the Using the proxy in the ArcGIS API for JavaScript documentation.

Because of that limitation, we recommend that you configure the application to use OAuth. OAuth 2.0 based authentication is available for ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS users with developer or organizational accounts. Follow the procedure to add an application and register an application to get an OAuth application ID. Once you have that application, open index.html, locate the configOptions section and fill the oAuthAppId property.

Deployment

Deploying a Map Journal require to use ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS. The Journal content have to be created using the Map Journal builder and will live in a Web Application Item.

Can I use the template without ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS?

This is not a supported use case at that time. Please let us know if you are interested by such a scenario. Map Journal rely heavily on the Portal for ArcGIS API but it is doable to modify the application to support other scenarios.

Where is the data stored?

The Journal's data are stored in a Web Application Item in ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS. This include the narrative content, reference to the webmap(s), reference to picture(s), video(s), web page(s) and the settings.

The image and videos that you include in your Journal using the builder are not copied in ArcGIS Online. You have to make sure that those medias as well as the webmaps you are using are and will remain accessible to your audience.

Can I deploy Map Journal on Portal for ArcGIS?

Yes, Map Journal is included with Portal for ArcGIS starting at version 10.3.

If you are using Portal 10.3+ and want to update Map Journal, download the latest version. If you are using Portal 10.2.1 or 10.2.2, you can't deploy the latest version of Map Journal and have to deploy the following version Map Journal V1.0.2 - portal.

Then:

Find your Portal apps/MapJournal folder (depending on your installation and version of Portal, this is either C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Portal\apps\MapSeries or C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Portal\webapps\arcgis#home\webmap\templates\MapJournal).
Remove the content of that folder
Extract the archive so that index.html is located at MapJournal\index.html

If Map Journal was already included in your Portal you are done (Portal for ArcGIS 10.3+).

If Map Journal was not available in your Portal:

Log into Portal for ArcGIS and open My Content > Add Item > Application > Web Mapping Application > Configurable. Configure the URL to https://portal.domain.com/arcgis/apps/MapJournal. More details in the following documentation publishing a new web application item.
Create a new group that will reference the template available in your Portal
Share the newly created item with that group
Open My Organization > Edit Settings > Map and set the Web App Templates to the newly created group. More details in the following documentation configuring the web application gallery
Now when you share a web map, the template should be an option

Note that the archive you downloaded is using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript hosted in ArcGIS Online. This can create some incompatibility with your Portal, if you run into issue, please see the next section to update it.

Also note that the web application gallery preview feature redirects to the StoryMaps website, the target page can be modified in app/config.js > HELP_URL_PORTAL.

Can the template be used offline?

Yes, by using Portal for ArcGIS and configuring the template to use the ArcGIS API for Javascript included with the Portal.

To edit the ArcGIS API for JavaScript, edit index.html and locate pathJSAPI around line 64. The URL is //webadaptor.domain.com/arcgis/jsapi/jsapi where arcgis is the name of your Web Adaptor.

When deployed on a Portal for ArcGIS instance, the application doesn't require any external service to function. But by default the template will still include the header social buttons and Journal author are able to import pictures and videos from the some online pictures hosting services. These options can be disabled individually through the configuration file app/config.js.

Can I use the builder with the downloadable?

Yes, when the template is configured with an application ID, adding the URL parameter 'edit' will open the builder. You will be prompted for user authentication through the Identity Manager.

How to deploy the application on a web server?

If you are not familiar with web servers here is three solutions:

Use a free hosting service like Dropbox, you may have to configure Dropbox to enable webpage hosting
Use the web server that comes with your server Operating System. On Windows this is Internet Information Services (IIS), if you have a C:\inetpub\wwwroot folder on your computer, you should be able to access it's content using http://localhost
On Windows or Mac OS, use a simple web server like Mongoose (not recommended for production)

If you are experiencing some rendering issues like improper symbol appearing instead of icons, you will have an extra configuration to perform. Some servers require to configure a new mime type to be able to serve Map Journal fonts correctly. See the following links for more information:

Can I use a single deployment of Map Journal for multiple stories?

Yes. If you have customized the application and deployed it on your server, you don't need to copy it multiple times, edit index.html and paste a different application ID for each story you want to publish.

Instead edit index.html, locate the configOptions section and fill the authorizedOwners property with the ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS login of the owner(s) of the Journals you want to use. This make possible for the application to display any of the Journal created by the specified user(s) through an URL parameter.

Example of the same application displaying two stories:

Configuration

In addition to the configuration offered by the builder, the files app/config.js and app/commonConfig.js provide various settings. Documentation is provided in those files.

Customize the look and feel

Custom color theme

As Map Journal doesn't yet offer the ability to create a custom theme through the builder, customizing the various colors of the application require to download and configure them through app/config.js.

For example if you are using a Side Panel layout and have kept the default theme, open app/config.js, locate the LAYOUT property and edit the following line with the desired colors.

themes: [
  {name: "side-default-1", dotNav: "#777777", panel: "#FFFFFF", media: "#EEEEEE", text: "#000000", textLink: "#555", esriLogo: "black"},
  ...
  ]

Other customization

Most of the look and feel customization can be done using the regular Application Download and including the css/html overrides directly into index.html.

As the application Javascript and CSS are minified, we don't recommend that you directely edit those files (e.g. app-viewer-min.css, app-viewer-min.js, ...). In addition to being hard to edit, this will make application update complex for you.

If you want to change the behavior of one functionality or want to add new one, follow the developer guide below.

The easiest way to find the id or path of a DOM element that you want to customize is to use your browser developer tool, read documentation for Chrome, Safari, Firefox.

Here is some customization examples that can achieved through the style tag already present for you in index.html (search for /* CUSTOM CSS RULES */):

Use an image as the background of the Side or Floating panel header

...
<body class="claro">
  <style>
    /* CUSTOM CSS RULES */
    .sectionPanel .header {
      background: url('http://www.esri.com/~/media/banner-map1.jpg');
    }

    .sectionPanel .appTitle {
      background: url('http://www.esri.com/~/media/banner-map1.jpg');
      background-position: 0 -50px;
    }
  </style>
...

Developer guide

This developer guide is intended for developers that wants to modify the behavior or add new functionalities to the Map Journal application. It requires knowledge of HTML, Javascript and CSS languages. If you only need to customize look and feel, you should be able to do so using the customize section above.

Application life cycle

Map Journal fires events that allow customization with lose integration. This mean that you don't need to understand the application internals to implement simple extension.

To try those events, look for the Custom Javascript block at the far end of index.html.

...
require(["dojo/topic"], function(topic) {
  /*
   * Custom Javascript to be executed while the application is initializing goes here
   */
   
  console.log("Map Journal is initializing");
  
  // The application is ready
  topic.subscribe("tpl-ready", function(){
    /*
     * Custom Javascript to be executed when the application is ready goes here
     */
     
    console.log("Map Journal is ready");
  });
  
  // When a section is being loaded (don't wait for the Main Stage media to be loaded) 
  topic.subscribe("story-load-section", function(index){
    console.log("The section", index, "is being loaded");
  });
  
  // After a map is loaded (when the map starts to render)	
  topic.subscribe("story-loaded-map", function(result){
    if ( result.index !== null )
      console.log("The map", result.id, "has been loaded from the section", result.index);
    else
      console.log("The map", result.id, "has been loaded from a Main Stage Action");
  });
  
  // When a main stage action that load a new media or reconfigure the current media is performed
  // Note that this even is not fired for the "Locate and address or a place action"
  topic.subscribe("story-perform-action-media", function(media){
    console.log("A Main Stage action is performed:", media);
  });
});
...

Developer helpers

In addition to the events described above, the story data, configuration and useful helpers functions can be accessed through the global variable app.

console.log("Section", app.data.getCurrentSectionIndex(), "/", app.data.getStoryLength());
console.log("Current map", app.map);
console.log("IDs of all the webmaps used in the story", app.data.getWebmaps());
console.log("Current section's data", app.data.getCurrentSection());
console.log("All sections data", app.data.getStorySections());
console.log("Story layout configuration", app.data.getWebAppData().get().values.settings.layoutOptions);
console.log("Static ayout configuration values", app.data.getCurrentLayoutStaticConfig());

Some events are also available for you to navigate the Journal programmatically:

require(["dojo/topic"], function(topic) { 
  // Navigate to a section
  topic.publish("story-navigate-section", 2);
  
  // Reload the content panel
  topic.publish("story-update-sections");
  
  // Update a specific section content panel
  topic.publish("story-update-section", 2);
});

Environment setup

Clone the repository or download a copy of the repository as a zip file.

To build a production version of the application from the source code, you first need to install Node.js.

Then initialize the environment by running the following commands in the MapJournal folder:

npm install
npm install –g grunt-cli

This will create a new node-modules folder in your project root with all the tools required to build the application. If you have trouble running the second command, see this documentation on how to install grunt-cli locally.

How to use the application from the source code

Make accessible the MapJournal folder on a web server. Use your favorite server or run one with grunt server, this will start a server on port 8080
If using a Portal for ArcGIS instance configure the sharing url app/config.js (last property)
Use the URL parameter appid to specify the web item to be loaded, e.g.: http://localhost:8080/?appid=ABCD (configuring index.html > configOptions.appid is not supported in development mode)

How to build application from the source code

Open a terminal and navigate to the MapJournal folder
Run the following command: grunt

The deploy folder now contains the built application that you can deploy to your web server.

Issues building the application

The build script perform code validation through JSHint, you can disable those validations by editing Gruntfile.js and look for the following comments /* Comment out to disable code linting */.

Design

Map Journal relies on AMD and Dojo loader AMD for application structure.

The application is structured as this:

Path	Contains
Gruntfile.js	Build configuration
src/	Main source code folder with index.html and the Eclipse project configuration
src/app/	Javascript and CSS source code
src/app/config.js	App configuration file (loaded at execution time)
src/app/commonConfig.js	More configuration (only used when deployed outside of ArcGIS Online and Portal for ArcGIS)
src/app/storymaps/common/	Modules common across storymaps templates (main module is Core.js)
src/app/storymaps/common/builder/	Builder modules (main module is Builder.js)
src/app/storymaps/common/mapcontrols/	Map UI components (Overview, Legend)
src/app/storymaps/common/ui/	UI components
src/app/storymaps/common/utils/	Utils, connector,...
src/app/storymaps/common/_resources	Static resources
src/app/storymaps/tpl/	Map Journal modules (build configuration files in the root)
src/app/storymaps/tpl/builder/	Builder modules (main module is BuilderView.js)
src/app/storymaps/tpl/core/	Core modules (main module is MainView.js)
src/app/storymaps/tpl/ui/	UI components of the viewer grouped by target device
src/lib-app/	Dependencies (included in the final app)
src/lib-build/	Dependencies used by the build (not included in final app)
src/resources/	Static resources

The main dependencies are:

The application Javascript and CSS are minified into four files:

File
app/viewer-min.css	Compressed CSS loaded when accessing the Map Journal as a viewer
app/viewer-min.js	Compressed Javascript loaded when accessing the Map Journal as a viewer
app/builder-min.css	Compressed CSS loaded when accessing the Map Journal as an author
app/builder-min.js	Compressed Javascript loaded when accessing the Map Journal as an author

Depending on the URL parameters, index.html will load the corresponding files.

Issues

Find a bug or want to request a new feature? Please let us know by submitting an issue.

Contributing

Esri welcomes contributions from anyone and everyone. Please see our guidelines for contributing.

Licensing

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

A copy of the license is available in the repository's LICENSE.txt file.

Some open-source components of this project are licensed under other License terms, see src/lib-app/ folder for respective licence files.

Library	License
Bootstrap	MIT
CKEditor	LGPL
jQuery	MIT
jQuery Colorbox	MIT
iDangero.us swiper	MIT
ZeroClipboard	MIT
History.js	BSD
jQuery UI	MIT
FastClick	MIT
Hammer.JS	MIT
jQuery mousewheel	MIT
jQuery UI Touch Punch	MIT

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