It was an honor, and a lot of fun, to be invited to chat with the wonderful Ta Taneka and Wayne Lee-Archer of Esri Australia about map nerd stuff. I’ve never been on a podcast before. So, if you can tolerate a grating nasally Midwestern yawp peppered amidst the soothing tones of a couple lovely … Continue reading GIS Directions Podcast
I recently made a StoryMap that illustrates the deepness of Challenger Deep using some comparisons. Like taking a walk through Manhattan. Or skydiving. Or free-diving. There are also the obligatory Everest, Grand Canyon and Burj Khalifa units in there, too. As one does. Also, to keep it somewhat sciency, I have this introduction thing to … Continue reading Some ways to visualize Challenger Deep’s deepness
The ability to slide on the data visualization goggles to filter, pivot, animate, and otherwise magically parse a phenomenon is a real wonder. This StoryMap walks through the visual analysis of 30 years of nautical piracy through various cross-sections of the calendar. While I am not a marine security expert or global economist/sociologist/explorer, I do … Continue reading Pirates and Time Travel
Here are some more, from that exercise… Continue reading How to Make this Ocean Graphic in ArcGIS Pro and Photoshop
After sharing the Pen & Ink style I got some questions about how it was made. Well, shoot, here’s how… Here’s a breakout of what’s covered, with some links (which will open the YouTube video on a new tab, at that section). 0:49 Adding a marker symbol layer. You know, that mysterious option sitting next … Continue reading How to Create that Stippled Ink Effect in ArcGIS Pro
Created with NYC open data and the Watercolor and Pen & Ink styles. Continue reading Central Park in Watercolor and Ink
Everybody just loves a pen and ink stipple effect. It’s charming, it’s warm, it’s handsome, it’s tactile. It says, say, want to sit on the couch and I’ll read to you from your well-worn copy of Where the Sidewalk Ends? I’ve tried out the stipple effect in maps (here and here) that I’ve hand-drawn (yes, and so should … Continue reading Pen and Ink
April 29 (and bits of April 30, depending on where you live) kicks off the first How To Do Map Stuff live-stream map demo jam fest. Organized by Daniel Huffman, it is a way for we map nerds to connect with each other in this strange time of social distancing. But we can be as … Continue reading How To Do Map Stuff
Here is a set of maps made to look like cross-stitched samplers. You can use the style, too, if you’d like. Or read about its making here. Here is a real cross-stitch I made when I was a kid. Happy Stitching! John Also, here is that hoop stretcher graphic, if you want to lay it … Continue reading Sampler
Here’s a way to hack an ambient hillshade effect in ArcGIS Pro using traditional hillshade and slope applied to blurred DEMs. Here’s the result: Here is this technique applied to Northern Michigan. Using this an an overlay blend mode (in Adobe) atop imagery gives a pretty attractive result. Continue reading Ambient-ish Hillshade
