{"id":114722,"date":"2019-02-06T15:47:23","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&p=114722"},"modified":"2024-08-21T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:32:52","slug":"smart-mapping-eliminates-guesswork","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/smart-mapping-eliminates-guesswork","title":{"rendered":"Smart Mapping Eliminates Guesswork"},"author":1432,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10392,91,25052],"tags":[157432,271,1281],"arcuser_issues":[112402],"class_list":["post-114722","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-online","category-mapping","category-software-and-data","tag-arcgis","tag-mapping","tag-visualization","arcuser_issues-spring-2015"],"acf":{"short_description":"The February update to ArcGIS Online introduced an exciting new capability: Smart Mapping. This is a new approach to making maps that are both u\u2026","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":"","file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":114732,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"The February update to ArcGIS Online introduced an exciting new capability: Smart Mapping. This is a new approach to making maps that are both useful and visually stunning. To do this, this update adds new ways to symbolize data, smart defaults, and data-driven workflows to the ArcGIS Online map viewer.<\/em>\r\n\r\nEsri wanted to simplify mapmaking by taking the guesswork out of choosing from among hundreds of potential settings and providing defaults predicated on the map context, resulting in maps that are both cartographically appropriate and beautiful. This also means you can make maps more quickly because fewer iterations will be required.\r\n\r\nThis does not take control away from map authors or dumb down the map authoring experience. Mapping pros still have full control over the process.\u00a0Smart Mapping<\/a>\u00a0just provides better initial parameters, such as colors, scale, and styling, that fit the data and map's story. That's why it benefits novices and experts, making both more productive.\r\n\r\nContinuous color ramps and proportional symbols, improved categorical mapping, heat maps, and new kinds of bivariate maps that use transparency are delivered through a streamlined and updated user interface.\r\n\r\nSmart Mapping capabilities in the February update include\r\n