Cartography

When to Use Animated Maps

Esri cartographer Mark Harrower showcases interesting examples of animated maps and lists what questions to ask yourself before you make one.

One Minute Map Hack: Create Old-School Water Lines

In this short video, cartographer John Nelson from Esri demonstrates how to add charming vintage coastal ripple lines to your ArcGIS Pro map.

Prevent Maps from Looking Washed Out

In this one-minute map hack, John Nelson from Esri teaches you how to add elevation hillshade to your map without washing the colors out.

Check Out the New Color Ramps

Color ramps were updated for the Map Viewer beta. You will find more than 300 color ramps in the Map Viewer, most being colorblind friendly.

Swipe This Fade Overlay Style

Want to spotlight a specific geographic area of interest in your map? Create a vignette with the Overlay Fade style for ArcGIS Pro.

Draw Lines Using Only Label Text

In this one-minute map hack, Esri cartographer John Nelson teaches you how to use ArcGIS Pro make a line map made up of labels.

One Minute Map Hack: Fix Overly-Busy Coastlines

John Nelson from Esri shows you how to use ArcGIS Pro to give cluttered-looking coastlines on a small scale map a more elegant appearance.

Scaling Symbology

Emily Meriam, an Esri cartographer, shows how to create an Arccade expression that makes your symbols scale as you zoom in and out of your map.

Good GIS Reads

Green infrastructure and network mapping are the focus of two new books published by Esri Press.

A Basemap Redesign

Esri cartographer Wes Jones recently redesigned the Navigation basemap using the ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor. See what changes he made.

Bring Your Map Colors into Your Pop-ups with Arcade

Make your maps easier to understand by using ArcGIS Arcade to bring the colors from the map symbols into your pop-up text.

Check Out What’s New in Esri Vector Basemaps

See the updated style in the World Navigation vector tile layer and learn what you can do with the new ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor.