Esri Story Map Cascade - Create a Beautiful Scrolling Interactive The Esri Story Map Cascade app template lets you blend narrative text, maps, 3D scenes, images and videos into an engaging interactive that fills the display.
· archived 5/18/2026, 12:40:01 AM screenshot cached html click to expand Esri Story Map Cascade - Create a Beautiful Scrolling Interactive Story Maps Apps Gallery Resources My Stories Classic Story Maps Apps Gallery Resources My Stories EnglishEnglishDeutschEspañolFrançais日本語Русский简体中文 Sign In user My Profile How To Create a Story Map FAQ Forum Sign Out Story Map Cascade Overview Gallery Tutorial Looking for the new ArcGIS StoryMaps? Go here Create immersive scrolling narratives The Story Map Cascade℠ app template lets you combine narrative text with maps, images, and multimedia content in an engaging, full-screen scrolling experience. In a Cascade story, sections containing text and in-line media can be interspersed with "immersive" sections that fill the screen with your maps, 3D scenes, images, and videos. Cascade is ideal for making compelling, in-depth stories that are very easy for people to navigate. Build a Cascade Story View this story map Get inspired! The Story Map Cascade format presents a linear narrative with supporting content. Depending on how you want to tell your story, the maps or 3D scenes you include can be static, automated in a specific sequence, or freely interactive for your audience to explore. Browse our gallery to see how storytellers are designing immersive sections in their Story Map Cascade stories. Explore the Story Map Cascade gallery View this story map Build your story! Your story is automatically hosted on ArcGIS Online. Tutorial Build story FAQs Tips Blog posts 'How To Cascade' guides Learn ArcGIS online lesson You create your Cascade story with an interactive builder Host it yourself Story Map apps are open source, so you have the option to host an app on your own web server. For example, you may want to give your story a custom URL, or make styling changes beyond what is possible with our authoring tools. If you're a developer, you can get the source code on GitHub to do more advanced customization. See the introduction below for step-by-step instructions, and visit our Developers’ Corner for customization tips and ideas. Download the ready-to-deploy app Get the source code on GitHub Introduction to hosting a Story Map app Story Maps Developers' Corner View this story map Need help? Start with the tutorial, and then see the Resources page. Participate! Let us know what you think about the Cascade app. Your feedback is appreciated. Feedback © Copyright 2021 Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. | Privacy | Legal Esri Top By accepting all cookies or browsing this site, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to assist Esri in analyzing visitor behavior, improving your experience, and delivering tailored advertising on and off our sites. Manage cookies here or at the bottom of any page.Accept All Cookies Cookies Settings