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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Steal These George Washington Map Textures for Pro, Please

Did you know that George Washington was a cartographer? He was a surveyor and map maker in his early years, and continued to make his own...

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Sun Glint Radial Hack

While engaging in the miracle of human flight I like to look down at the wrinkled surface of our earth. And if the sun angle is just righ...

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Back 2 School: Vector Tiles in Azimuthal? Check it…

This post comes courtesy of cartographer Jonah Adkins, from Newport News, Virginia. Jonah is a GIS alchemist, routinely crafting beautifu...

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Steal These Globe-ifiers Please

So I was making a series of maps to use in a bonkers new Story Map to continue my (apparently) annual contribution to the Geopolitical Cu...

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Grid Line Tomfoolery

Grid lines are handy for lots of reasons.

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Not-So-Historic Survey Plan

When I first saw this map of Waterloo, Ontario, by cartographer Warren Davison, I was so impressed with his application of texture and co...

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How To Make This Physical Map of Wyoming For Some Reason

This is a physical map of the beautiful US state of Wyoming. And here is a quick cheat sheet of its elements: And here is this blog...

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Multivariate Dot Density

Dot Density maps are an almost-magical way of visualizing the geographic distribution of an overall population, as well as the relative h...

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Dot Density Super Splash Zone

What?? Dot Density is en-Pro-ified? Wow, this is good news. I immediately had to drop everything that I was doing, and crank out a dot de...

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