North Arrow Necessity

Can a map still be considered a map if it doesn’t have a north arrow? Yes. A north arrow is an optional map accompaniment and you should think critically about your map to determine for yourself if it needs a north arrow or not. For what it’s worth, often a map should not have a north arrow. … Continue reading North Arrow Necessity

Illumination Cartography

Here are a few flavors of a technique, illumination cartography, that uses data to shed light on its underlying basemap. There’s something satisfying about presenting a phenomenon as revealing geography rather than obscuring it. 0:00 Illuminating intro0:06 Adding some lighthouses from ArcGIS Online0:16 Firefly point symbology0:49 Darkening the underlying imagery basemap with Effects1:11 Illuminating with … Continue reading Illumination Cartography