Ideas / Techniques / Tutorials
- See also:
- Story Map Tutorials and Links
- ESRI’s Maps We Love (examples of recent maps, most of them made with ArcGIS Pro) https://www.esri.com/en-us/maps-we-love/overview
One-Minute Map Hacks
- One Minute Map Hacks (1-5):
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- One Minute Map Hacks (6-10):
- One Minute Map Hacks (11-15):
- One Minute Map Hacks (16-20):
- (main link not working – but you can use:
- One Minute Map Hacks (21-25):
POINT Symbology
- See Also Dot Density links under Polygon Symbology, below
- Water Area
- Bombing Missions Vietnam
- Clustering Tools
- Heat Map symbology
- Density Based Clustering
- Symbolize by Size (graduated, proportional, 3D…), also Scale-Bases Symbol Sizing
- Using images as point symbols
LINE Symbology
- Lines Using Only Label Text (Map Hack)
- Water Lines (2017)
- (Forest cover and) Rivers Maps
- Firefly Effects for Lines
- Lightsaber Lines
- Boundary Shadows (2017)
- Distributive Flow Maps (2019)
- Pencil-sketch lines (Map Hack)
- See also VIGNETTES below
FILL / POLYGON / AREA Symbology
- See also Fill Symbol Layers
- Multivariate Dot Density (ethnic populations) (2018)
- Dot Density (Covid 19)
- Ethnic Multivariate Dot Density
- Historic Survey Plan maps (2018)
- UK Election Results, ala Jackson Pollock
- https://carto.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=661d96be9fe64b3db4124546b67b2f39
- Note that this is a web map, but the symbology was created in ArcGIS Pro. Check it out, and the discussion)
- Sun Glints (2018)
- Firefly Effects for Polygons
- Blend Modes – aren’t (yet) available for Pro 2.6 but are available in 2.7… See Blend Modes in ArcGIS Online and Thematic Blend Modes for general info…)
TEXT Tips
- See also, SAL Tutorials for general Text Effects https://huxley.wwu.edu/sal/tut-cart-arcgis-pro
- ArcGIS Pro Map Text (2019):
- Labels
- Annotation
- Knockouts
- Layout Text
- Map of Rivers using only Labels (link not working…)
- Style That Text! Map Hack (Text fill symbols)
- Cartographic Text Effects (Or, how to make crisp lettering less crisp… so as to match the style of the rest of the map)
Symbol STYLES
- WARNING: Some Styles (especially picture fills) can be very SLOW… (turning layers off can help)
- See also: Adding Styles to a Project (w/ links to some styles) https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/health/new-arcgis-pro-style-files/
- See also: Using Styles (Map Hack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxJSIjXjDsY
- See also: Making / Saving an ArcGIS Pro Style https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkE6TxdkjtI
- See also: Adding Styles (.stylx files) to ArcGIS Pro (SAL) https://huxley.wwu.edu/sal/tut-pro-styles
- See also: ESRI Styles https://esri-styles.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html
- See also: ESRI Styles Gallery https://esri-styles.maps.arcgis.com/home/gallery.html
- See also: Importing Older Styles into ArcGIS Pro https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/mapping/mapping/importing-older-styles-into-arcgis-pro/
- Luminance Symbols (2017)
- Also Points Symbols Glow with Firefly
- Firefly Symbology
- https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=bf439954e2b64d418aedd2fe11217d83
- Also (2018) https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/mapping/mapping/steal-this-firefly-style-please/
- Also https://nation.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=bf439954e2b64d418aedd2fe11217d83
- Also https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=93a6d9ea3b54478193ba566ab9d8b748
- See also Firefly Effects for Lines and Polygons
- Lightsaber Lines
- National Park Symbol Set (2018)
- Hachures (downhill markers along contour lines)
- Pirate style
- Tattered Paper Effect (Map Hack)
- Overlay Fade style
- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/steal-this-faded-overlay-style-please/
- https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e9c4f4cd7c1d4bac884091689b2985d1
- Note that you’ll need to create a ‘mask’ layer (i.e., everything except for the area you want to focus on) to use this effect. You can use the Erase tool to remove your area from a larger area (i.e., the surrounding country or world) to create this mask layer. The instructions include a link to a blank ‘world’ polygon that can be used if needed.
- Dot Matrix Elevation
- George Washington Texture fills
- J.R.R. Tolkien Style Mapping
- See also PAPER, FELT, LEGO below
- See also HAND DRAWN below
PAPER, FELT, FABRIC, LEGO… (see also Hand-Drawn, below)
- Paper Cut Map Style (2019)
- Paper Cut Lakes example (from Maps We Love)
- Paper Cut Lake Maps
- Absurd Paper Cut Maps (2017)
- Stacked Paper (‘Bonkers’) (Map Hack)
- Felt style (points, lines and fills)
- Cross-Stitch
- Lego Style (2019)
- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/steal-this-lego-map-style-for-arcgis-pro-please/
- Plastic Brick Oceans (2018) https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/plastic-brick-oceans/
- (Be sure to see update at the end)
- Also https://warrenrdavison.wixsite.com/maps/post/brick-by-brick
- Also Lego (Map Hack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xIHW5DTnXI
- Chalkboard style map (Craigslist) (with details about the chalk “line” symbol and the chalkboard polygon fill
- Blueprint style basemap
ANTIQUE, ‘HAND’ DRAWN, HAND PRINTED, WATERCOLOR, PAINT
- “Hand Drawn” Symbology (digital)
- Hand Drawn Maps (Digital to Hand)
- Pen and Ink Style
- Block Print (Pixel to Grain) (Part 1)
- Part 2: Woodcut Map
- Part 3: Woodcut Fonts
- Part 4: Styles
- Tattered Maps, see also Tattered Paper Effect (Map Hack)
- Pencil Sketch lines (Map Hack)
- Watercolor Maps:
- Watercolor Style for Pro (2018) and Watercolor style
- Mega Easy Watercolor Painting (2019) https://adventuresinmapping.com/2019/12/03/mega-easy-watercolor-painting-in-arcgis-pro/
- Land Cover and Paints (2020)
VIGNETTES (for SHORELINE, Map Frames, etc.)
- Coastal Edge Hack (shoreline vignettes)
- Shoreline Vignettes
- Coastal Stipple Effect
- Coastal Rake Effect
- Waterlines
- Map Frame Vignettes (Mack Hack)
- Soft-Edges for Area of Interest
- Layout Vignettes
MISC
- Charts – What is a chart
- Using Bivariate Colors to Map Change in Election Turnout (2020)
- Island Election Maps (2017)
- Cube Cartograms– Electoral College Cubo-Gram (2017)
- Hexagons for (USA) Population
- How to do Round Map Frames (for an Inset locator or detail map – one part of a larger tutorial)
- Layout Gradients in Pro
- Fade Effects (part of the Ice Roads series) (2019)
- Custom Projection (part of the Ice Roads series) (2019)
- Colors and Color Pallets (2014)
- Color: Beyond simple choropleth maps (basketball viewership) (2017)
- Grid Lines
- Old-Style, Two-Tone (BW) Western “Tough” Maps
- Techniques for Showing Areas of Interest
- Symbol Effects
- Drop Shadows (see Move effect)
- Figure-Ground Feathering (for ArcMap but the concepts would apply / translate to Pro)
- Measured Hatches along Line symbols
- Vary Transparency by Attribute
- Digital Map Folding (Part 1: 2D) (making a map appear as a folded piece of paper)
- Monochrome Mapping
BIVARIATE Mapping…
- Age and Social Vulnerability (2020)
- Bivariate Relationship Mapping (2018)
- Bivariate Choropleth Maps (not ArcGIS Pro, but the concepts can be adapted)
- Bivariate contextual mapping (point symbols for Fire and Population)
- Using Bivariate Colors to Map Change in Election Turnout (2020)
- Bivariate mapping using tessellating hexagons(drought, 2016)
- See also Bivariate Color Schemes in Brewer’s Designing Better Maps (page 160-164)
Blend Modes (ONLY IN ArcGIS Pro 2.7…)
- …Awesome Blend Mode
- How to Make Grayscale or Monochrome Basemap (2021)
- https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/how-to-make-a-grayscale-or-monochrome-basemap/
- This is for ArcGIS Online, but the concepts work for Pro as well
- Visual Effects using Blend Modes
- Callouts and Map Graphics with Blend Modes
RASTER (Elevation and Hillshades)
- Throwing (Hill) Shade Gallery (2019)
- Throwing (Hill) Shade (hillshade effects using Raster Functions)
- Show only a slice of a DEM using the Histogram Chop
- Boost Drama with Mountain / Valley Mist (Map Hack, 2019)
- Hillshades that Don’t Wash Out Your Map (Map Hack, 2019)
- Multi-directional Streamlined Hillshade (2020)
- Vintage Shaded Relief (2019)
- Eduard Imhof-ish Cartography (Swiss Hillshades) (2020)
ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
- Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud (ArcGIS Pro / Adobe Illustrator bridge, released June, 2017)
- Using Adobe’s Maps for Creative Cloud
- Tips for Making Maps in Adobe Creative Cloud
- Making a “Top 10 Locations” Map with Maps for Creative Cloud
- Pro to Illustrator Tip (2019)
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
- ArcGIS map for Adobe with Photoshop (using ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud)
- ArcGIS Maps for Adobe with Photoshop
- Creating an Ocean Graphic with ArcGIS Pro and Photoshop
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