John Nelson
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I have far too much fun looking for ways to understand and present data visually, hopefully driving product strategy and engaging users. I work in the ArcGIS Living Atlas team at Esri, pushing and pulling data in all sorts of absurd ways and then sharing the process. I also design user experiences for maps and apps. When I'm not doing those things, I'm chasing around toddlers and wrangling chickens, and generally getting into other ad-hoc adventures. Life is good. You might also like these Styles for ArcGIS Pro: esriurl.com/nelsonstyles

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Glassy North Arrows for ArcGIS Pro

This style for ArcGIS Pro contains four north arrows that look like a spaceship of pandimensional hyperintelligent beings landed on your map.

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A beautiful map poster and the absurd hack it inspired

How to replicate this charming projection effect in ArcGIS Pro

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How to create a sparkline map with the ArcGIS API for JavaScript

A look behind the scenes at the code used to render sparklines as map symbols in ArcGIS.

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A tour of CovidPulse and its inception

What's a sparkline? Where did this idea come from? What insights are in it?

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CovidPulse

CovidPulse visualizes the rates of COVID-19 cases, and deaths, in the United States, as compact trend lines. Updated daily.

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Sauce up ArcGIS Pro layouts with a rapturous vignette and hand-crafted artisan text

Two ways to boost the visual splendorocity of your maps. Can't hurt to give it a look, right?

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How to mosaic multiple images into one convenient chunk in ArcGIS Pro

Simple how-to for combining multiple images into one. One image to rule them all. Sorry, couldn't help myself.

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Blend mode mischief: Living Atlas biodiversity as a cookie cutter

Sometimes all that extra map is just extra. Here's how to use a blend mode to show only what you want.

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ArcGIS Pro to Illustrator pt 1: Lake Shapes Poster

ArcGIS Pro supports the Maps for Adobe plugin so you'll be slinging maps in Illustrator before you know it.

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