Abstract

ArcMap to StoryMap: The Story behind Converting Desktop GIS to Web App
Track: Story Maps
Authors: matthew schulte, Rich Moore

The paper focuses on the processes/reasons behind converting a desktop GIS project into a web-based StoryMap. Main problem of original project was how to acquire, analyze and manage unique historic documents that derive the Santa Fe Trail’s alignment. Converting historic hard-copy data not readily available to the public to StoryMap allows us to leverage powerful multi-media tools to organize, analyze & present time-series data, while crowd sourcing historical data from an expanding web audience