Andy Skinner
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Andy is a Cartographic Designer who has been building maps for 50 years. He has been working with Esri in Redlands for 14 years, most recently on the creation of some of Esri's vector basemaps, and the development of color ramps for ArcGIS Online. Prior to Esri, he was Manager of Cartographic Design at Rand McNally, and before that a Senior Cartographer at GeoSystems/MapQuest. He is originally from England, and worked for a number of years at what is now the University of Derby before moving to the USA. Andy can be contacted at: askinner@esri.com

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Working with Fonts and Sprites: Being Creative with Esri Vector Tiles

Updated December 8, 2017:  The Esri Vector Basemaps were recently updated to a new version (v2). The best way to access them in ArcGIS O...

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A Dark Version of the Human Geography Basemap

Updated December 8, 2017:  The Esri Vector Basemaps were recently updated to a new version (v2). The best way to access them in ArcGIS O...

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A restructured ‘Terrain with Labels’ Vector Basemap

Updated December 8, 2017:  The Esri Vector Basemaps were recently updated to a new version (v2). The best way to access them in ArcGIS O...

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Introducing a Human Geography Basemap

Updated December 8, 2017:  The Esri Vector Basemaps were recently updated to a new version (v2). The best way to access them in ArcGIS O...

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Replacing the Sample Atlas Application

The 2012 Online Atlas sample app has been retired. Here's how to get a similar effect using nested Story Map apps.

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Exploit Your Basemap

Esri now provides a set of vector basemaps of the world for you to use, and you can customize both the look and the content. 

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Location of Alaska on USA maps

At the recent Northwest GIS User Conference, Dorothy Mortenson commented on the location of Alaska on U.S. maps.

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