1. Using the ESRI Story Map
Matt De Parsia
Introduction to web GIS
Fall 2016

2. Project goals
Create a more interesting way to present USGS reports to the general public. This project will focus on making a story map that shows the results of a year long pesticide study in the Sacramento San-Joaquin Delta.
Incorporate images and large interactive maps
Make the product easy to navigate for users
Show sample site location for current project and associated watersheds

3. Configuring the story map
Example of one of the staging workspaces that I used to prepare layers before adding them to the story map
Filtered sites and saved as new layers so that I can toggle them individually within the story map

4. Configuring the story map
Configuring the pop ups that will display when watershed is selected

5. Configuring the story map
Workaround for not being able to use widgets in the map
Clicking on one of the text link in the highlighted box toggles the corresponding watershed boundary and pop up

6. Conclusions
The story maps look very professional but the templates offer limited functionality
If I were going to implement my something similar for work I would probably build a website with embedded web maps or web map apps for additional customization from widgets.