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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College football recruiting patterns

Visualizing the distribution and distance of player hometowns for the top four college football programs.

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How to make a yarn map in ArcGIS Pro

How to use picture fills and picture strokes to unlock some materiality in your maps. Doesn't have to be yarn!

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Make this weird paper globe ornament please

A crafty paper globe ornament template to breathe the magic of geodesy into your holiday!

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Sea Change

Visualizing the scope and magnitude of annual improvements to the GEBCO map of global bathymetry.

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How to make this vintage basemap in ArcGIS Online

The powerful cabal of blend modes, effects, and the vector tile style editor conspire to make just about any basemap style you can imagine.

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Create a clipping mask in ArcGIS Online’s Map Viewer

Here's how you can trick a group and a blend mode into becoming a clipping mask for your web map!

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Inferno

Here's a chilling basemap from the netherworld ready for your Halloween adventures

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Hack a silky hillshade in ArcGIS Online with effects and blends and gumption

Think you need to do hillshade shenanigans in ArcGIS Pro? There are hillshade shenanigan opportunities aplenty in ArcGIS Online.

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Make a painted basemap in ArcGIS Online

How to make a watercolor map in ArcGIS Online with some Living Atlas layers and a handful of effects. Pow!

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