Geography, and the maps that pour out of it, is just a blast. But sometimes we work so hard on the data and analysis that we don’t have time to “make it pretty.” But designing a map is more than just arts and crafts, it’s a critical step in communicating all of that investment.
In this presentation for URISA Texas, a regional GIS interest group, you are invited to follow a rambling narrated process of a map maker’s design choices, packed full of hows, whys, rationalizations, and hunches from default to completion.
There’s no one right way to make a map, but we’ll have some fun making this one.
Find more mappy how-to videos on my YouTube channel.
Adventures In Mapping 
It was really nice to see you make the map and got some new tips and tricks. Thanks a lot. Love from India.
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This was another great video! Your peppy enthusiasm is inspiring and you never fail to show us all sorts of nuggets we might not have thought of otherwise. Thanks for all the awesome content John!
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John,
I work in a very data-centric-get-it-on-the-page environment and I really have been re-energized watching your many video tutorials and reading your blog posts on Esri.com. Thanks for your inspiration!
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