Classic StoryMap Extractor version 1.1

Designed by Tom Baker

Reads a classic Esri Story Map and rebuilds it as a new ArcGIS StoryMap in your account. How much carries over depends on the classic template. Map Journal, Map Series and Cascade convert most fully, with their text, images, videos and live maps. Swipe and Spyglass become swipe blocks. Map Tour, Shortlist and Crowdsource become guided tours when their places are still shared. Basic and self-hosted stories bring over their main map and text. Countdown and Playlist can only be exported as text. A map whose web map has been deleted or unshared appears as a placeholder.

After converting your old storymap, be sure to set its sharing setting to Private.

  1. 1Read classic story
  2. 2Convert to StoryMaps
  3. 3Create new story

Works with stories on ArcGIS Online and with self-hosted classic stories on any website, such as https://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2014/womeningis/

Include in text file:
Private or ArcGIS Enterprise story
Self-hosted story on a website that blocks reading

Some websites don't let other pages read their files. Open the story in your browser and save it (Ctrl+S, "Webpage, Complete"). Then choose the saved page together with its config script, usually Config.js or config.js in the saved "_files" folder. If the config script isn't there, open its address directly in your browser and save it too.