Crowdsource your story map!
BETAThe Story Map Crowdsource℠ app template enables you to publish and manage a crowdsourced story to which anyone can contribute photos with captions. Use it to engage a specific or general audience on the subject of your choice. To contribute to your story people can sign in with their Facebook, Google, or ArcGIS account, or use a guest option. A vetting function lets you review and approve contributions.
Get inspired!
The Story Map Crowdsource app is simple to set up and can be used to gather contributions from anyone on almost any subject, and present them in an attractive, engaging way. Browse our gallery to see how storytellers have used the app to collect photos and experiences, thoughts, or memories from people on all sorts of subjects.
Explore the Story Map Crowdsource gallery
Build your story!
Your story is automatically hosted on ArcGIS Online.
Tutorial
Build story
FAQs
Tips
Blog posts
You create your Crowdsource 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
Participate!
Let us know what you think about the Crowdsource app. Your feedback is appreciated.