Story Maps are web apps created with ArcGIS Online that combine maps, text, photos, and multimedia to tell geography-based stories. There are different types of Story Map apps that allow for sequential narratives, journal-style narratives, displaying single maps, or comparing two maps. Story Maps are used to tell stories, raise awareness, create reports, highlight locations, share analysis, and compare maps. They are hosted through ArcGIS Online or Portal for ArcGIS and can be easily created and shared.