{"id":1273012,"date":"2021-06-25T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T15:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1273012"},"modified":"2021-06-29T08:22:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:22:04","slug":"land-cover-map-makeover-in-3-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/land-cover-map-makeover-in-3-easy-steps","title":{"rendered":"Land Cover Map Makeover in 3 Easy Steps"},"author":7841,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[25871],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-1273012","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-land-cover","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Take your classified land cover map from a 6 to a 10 with just a few easy steps using blend modes. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Have you seen the Esri 2020 Land Cover map<\/a> yet? In itself, it\u2019s pretty impressive \u2013 at 10-meters per pixel, it\u2019s the most spatially detailed global land cover map yet. And with blend modes<\/a> in ArcGIS Pro or Map Viewer, it gets even better.<\/p>\n

Take the original map zoomed in on one of my favorite detail areas: the Caucasus Mountains. It\u2019s just something about that perfect diagonal that splits the image.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1273042,"id":1273042,"title":"lulc1","filename":"lulc1.jpg","filesize":572987,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/land-cover-map-makeover-in-3-easy-steps\/lulc1","alt":"land cover basic","author":"7841","description":"","caption":"","name":"lulc1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1273012,"date":"2021-06-24 22:45:03","modified":"2021-06-24 22:45:24","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc1.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 1<\/h3>\n

The map is detailed but not knocking my socks off\u2026yet. To improve it, we can use the Imagery Basemap along with an Overlay blend mode on the land cover.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1273052,"id":1273052,"title":"lulc2","filename":"lulc2.jpg","filesize":688698,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/land-cover-map-makeover-in-3-easy-steps\/lulc2","alt":"land cover with imagery blending","author":"7841","description":"","caption":"","name":"lulc2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1273012,"date":"2021-06-24 22:45:26","modified":"2021-06-24 22:47:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc2.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 2<\/h3>\n

Lots of cool detail but it\u2019s a little oversaturated and the classification is getting a bit lost. To rescue some of that detail, I\u2019ll add the Blank Black Vector Basemap<\/a> layer generously contributed to Living Atlas by John Nelson<\/a>. Place it below the land cover and apply a Color blend mode.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1273062,"id":1273062,"title":"lulc3","filename":"lulc3.jpg","filesize":1854267,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/land-cover-map-makeover-in-3-easy-steps\/lulc3","alt":"land cover with two blend modes","author":"7841","description":"","caption":"","name":"lulc3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1273012,"date":"2021-06-24 22:45:45","modified":"2021-06-24 22:47:39","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc3.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step 3<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s popping now! But I want to get rid of the coastal blue area \u2013 we all know that\u2019s water. So I\u2019ll add in the Human Geography Dark Detail layer, which acts like an ocean mask. You could easily change the color or remove any borders with the Vector Tile Style Editor.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1273072,"id":1273072,"title":"lulc4","filename":"lulc4.jpg","filesize":630736,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/land-cover-map-makeover-in-3-easy-steps\/lulc4","alt":"final land cover map","author":"7841","description":"","caption":"","name":"lulc4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1273012,"date":"2021-06-24 22:46:02","modified":"2021-06-24 22:48:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1080,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4-1536x864.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1080,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/lulc4.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Et voila! Easy to read primary classification colors with some subtle tinting from the imagery underneath along with detail from the elevation. Check out the final map here<\/a>. (Note: overlays are not supported in Map Viewer Classic). Try it on your favorite type of land cover – such as this map of the San Francisco Bay Area using the NLCD<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1273132,"id":1273132,"title":"SF","filename":"SF.jpg","filesize":269865,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/land-cover-map-makeover-in-3-easy-steps\/sf","alt":"SF Bay land cover","author":"7841","description":"","caption":"","name":"sf","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1273012,"date":"2021-06-24 23:41:41","modified":"2021-06-24 23:41:58","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF.jpg","1536x1536-width":1280,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":720,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF-826x465.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SF.jpg","wide_image-width":1280,"wide_image-height":720}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""}],"authors":[{"ID":7841,"user_firstname":"Dan","user_lastname":"Pisut","nickname":"Dan Pisut","user_nicename":"dan-pisut","display_name":"Dan Pisut","user_email":"DPisut@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com","user_registered":"2018-04-16 21:24:57","user_description":"Dan leads development of ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World environmental content, which includes information about Earth's land, ocean, atmosphere, and ecosystems. 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