Story Maps are like an interactive painter’s canvas on which to arrange multimedia. For outdoorspeople, Garmin provides its proprietary platforms like Garmin Connect™ or Garmin Explore™ to collect, track, and analyze uploaded device data.Īdventurers can two-way message via satellite ( Garmin inReach®), enrich GPS tracks with biometric data ( fēnix ®), and use third-party apps to integrate geotagged photos and videos into route flyovers ( Relive).įree and open-source Esri Story Maps, optimized to work seamlessly with ArcGIS Online, are the next step to bridge across platforms. Today, we’re used to cloud-based services that automatically backup and sort photos and videos. The fruits of this labor: the collaborative story map, The Iron Path: A Day of Adventure.

The data, maps, and Brett’s narrative and photos slot into Esri Story Maps.

GPX data feeds into ArcGIS Online web maps to visualize the adventure.

Garmin inReach Mini captures track, elevation, and SMS message commentary in the field.

With Brett capturing data in the field using Garmin devices and systems, we backstopped with Esri software: Providing support from back home was Kevin Johnson of Garmin and Nathan Kobinsky and me (Greyson Harris) of Esri.

Just as we don’t accept photos and videos simply lying around unlooked-at, neither should we accept unused GPS tracks and biometrics clogging up our storage.įor our collaborative story map, Brett Wagenheim of Garmin took to the trail-a via ferrata, Italian for an iron chain and rail assisted path she was participating in the Adventure Travel World Summit in Tuscany, Italy.

Great or small, stories can motivate people to get outside-to feel connected and to value, preserve, and conserve the natural world.

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