Kristian Ekenes
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Kristian is a Principal Product Engineer at Esri specializing in data visualization. He works on the ArcGIS Maps SDK for JavaScript, ArcGIS Arcade, and Map Viewer in ArcGIS Online. His goal is to help developers be successful, efficient, and confident in building web applications with the JavaScript Maps SDK, especially when it comes to visualizing data. Prior to joining Esri, he worked as a GIS Specialist for an environmental consulting company. He enjoys cartography, GIS analysis, and building GIS applications for genealogy.

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Interactive widgets for data exploration

The ArcGIS API for JavaScript provides more than a dozen easy-to-use widgets for data exploration.

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Visualizing change with dot density

Learn how to use dot density to visualize how population changes from nighttime to daytime.

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Visualizing growth with dot density

Learn how to build an interactive dot density map that animates the visibility of dots to create the perception of growth over time.

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Interactive dot density maps for the web

Add an interactive legend to your dot density map for data exploration purposes.

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Dot density for the web

Learn how to create dot density visualizations for web mapping applications using the ArcGIS API for JavaScript.

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Create powerful popups in web apps with Arcade feature sets

Feature sets allow you to access multiple features within an Arcade expression, enabling you to create powerful popup content.

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Functions aren’t fields; use Arcade instead

This post describes how you can re-write renderers using Arcade expressions instead of JavaScript functions.

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Smart Mapping with Arcade: Visualizing predominance

Generate a predominance visualization in a web app using Smart Mapping in the ArcGIS API for JavaScript

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Smart Mapping with Arcade: Exploring relationships

Explore two attributes in a relationship visualization (bivariate choropleth) using the Smart Mapping relationship module.

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