Spatial Analysis Tutorials Story Map for Lauren Scott Griffin

[jenbell27]

I would like a quick demo if you have time… I don’t know how to georeferenced the image. What I want to do is create a story map web app just like the short list, that lets me use an image for each tab (instead of the base map). Please see the image below and this short list example: https://piedmont.maps.arcgis.com/apps/Shortlist/index.html?appid=0808caf92ffa4af6a5bdd1bd6fa927e6

We have 34 case studies. I want to let the user explore these by data type, or by analysis type, geography (the map works fine here), analysis question, objective, product, and so on. Each of these themes would be a tab. I am open to another approach that would help the user explore the case studies for each of these themes. Cascade might work, but I like having the split for case study pictures and locations on the image. Thank you for any suggestions you can offer. Lauren

[jenbell27]

Wow! I really, really like this!

Could I add a subtitle? Something like: The applied analysis team has been hard at work developing scenario-based, cross platform tutorials to help you hone your spatial analysis skills. Each tutorial includes data and step by step instructions to complete a workflow using multiple ArcGIS applications such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcMap, ArcGIS Online, and Insights for ArcGIS. Explore the tutorials by data type, analysis question, industry, geography, objective, analysis type or product. Have fun!  The point: I’m hoping I can add a short paragraph.

The tabs would be the different ways someone could explore the workflow tutorials: By data type, analysis question, industry, geography, objective, analysis type, or product.

The idea here is to help the user find EXACTLY what they need quickly. The motivation: I heard that most people typically bail on Learn ArcGIS Lessons before they finish the first task. I think it might be because they couldn’t quickly determine from the overview if the lesson is truly relevant …so they start but don’t finish … after a couple miss-steps, they probably give up.

So maybe the workflow is this ? The user opens the app (great picture of the mountain lion… they are definitely interested, without question, wow!). The subtitle tells them they should explore the tutorials and they realize they can click on a tab to explore by data type, or question, or type of analysis, and so on…

Suppose they select data type. They know their data (or the data they want to analyze) is points. Ideally they could see a description (with a great picture… like one of the attached) of each of the case studies that analyze point data… the description would describe the case study in terms of how it demonstrates analysis of point data. They should be able to click on one of the case study images/descriptions to go to the case study. Would it be possible for the user to click on the categories (Points, Lines, Polygons, Raster, 3D) OR to click the case studies ?? Or is there a better way to do this?

If they click on a category (Points, for example), could they see images (like those attached) arranged with descriptions?

Suppose they select analysis question. We currently use the following questions to organize our case studies. The point of the below list is we have 30 case studies, with new ones added every few months. • Understand and compare places o Which fire station is closest? o Which areas are within four minutes of a fire station? o Who lives in neighborhoods around each library branch? o How many streetlights and miles of bike route are in each district? o Are liquor stores too close to schools, libraries, and parks? o Which college district has the fewest low-income families? o Where will environmental impacts of wind farm installation be minimized? o Where are the best views on O’ahu? • Find locations o 13 different case studies • Determine relationships o Where should the city build a mixed use development? o Where in the United States are the highest risk from tornados? • Detect patterns o What are the spatial and temporal patterns of invasive aquatic mussels? o Can GIS make our roads safer? o What factors contribute to violent crime? o What factors contribute to literacy across Africa? o Which neighborhoods have the highest linguistic diversity? • Make predictions o What parameters should you use for kriging to analyze soil contamination? o What did you expect? Ideally if the user selected “Make Predictions”, they would see two case study images with details about how each case study demonstrates making predictions.

We will eventually have images for all of the case studies. I’ve attached the ones we have at present.

I am not asking you to do this story map for me. I really want to do it myself, actually. But I definitely want your input and suggestions! What you have provided so far is awesome! I very much appreciate you pointing me in the right direction. I promise to give you full credit for all your help.

[jenbell27]

I’m glad you like it! I’ve made some updates to address your story map wish list. Your subtitle is now highlighted on an intro tab. The story map has a tab for each of the different workflows. If you select the Data Type tab, you can explore points, lines, polygons, etc. Click on Point and you can see an image of the 3 different tutorials (accidents, liquor, and kriging). Click on an individual tutorial (e.g., “Analyze traffic accidents”) to further explore the tutorial. We can do something similar for the rest of the tabs.

[jenbell27]

http://urbanobservatory.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=5fa1e651a0ed4ec9a7b0d3b4994e3da1

[jenbell27]

This is so awesome!!!!! I really like how the intro tab looks in relation to the other tabs! I love the main stage graphic for the Data Type tab. The graphic for analysis questions is good too 

What about adding popups?

Suppose the user clicks the Data Type tab, then the Points category. The tutorials that analyze point data are displayed as graphics on the main stage as a gallery. This is great! If the user clicks one of the gallery graphics (a tutorial) or if the user clicks the name of the tutorial on the side panel, can they get a popup telling them how the tutorial analyzes point data and also allowing them to launch the tutorial? If the user selects the same tutorial under the Lines category (on the side panel or in the gallery) can they get a different popup describing how the tutorial helps the user learn about analyzing Line data?

If the user selects the Analysis Question tab and then the Find Locations category, they would see the gallery for the those tutorials. Again, if they click a tutorial on the side panel or in the gallery could they get a popup that explains the tutorial in relation to that tab/category and can that popup also allow them to launch the tutorial if they want?

Can the categories be collapsed? … The Analysis Questions tab, for example, can each category (Understand and compare places, Find locations, Determine Relationships, Detect patterns, and Make predictions) be collapsed or expanded to show the tutorials associated with each category?

Each tutorial is actually a case study, so it is associated with a location … traffic accidents in Brevard County Florida are analyzed; violent crime in Chicago are analyzed, and so on. Can the Geography tab have a real map on the main stage with tutorial markers showing the location of the analyses?

I guess it will need a credits tab to attribute the photos … or where do people usually do that with the tabbed journal story maps?

If you think the above is possible, this is so GREAT! I believe my next steps should be: • Find great graphics for each of the tabs and each of the case studies. • Identify the categories for each tab and which case studies go in each category. • Draft popup text for each case study as it relates to each category within each tab. • Extract a map from each case study to include as a small graphic in each popup.

What do you think?

Thank you sooooo much for your great ideas and all of the work you have put into designing this!!! You didn’t have to do any of this. I really appreciate all that you are doing. Lauren