{"id":192961,"date":"2018-05-27T04:14:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T04:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=192961"},"modified":"2018-05-27T04:14:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T04:14:15","slug":"sunniest-cities-in-america","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america","title":{"rendered":"Sunniest Cities in America"},"author":4551,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[23771,22941],"tags":[25781,23201,26451],"industry":[],"product":[],"class_list":["post-192961","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3d-gis","category-mapping","tag-3d","tag-cartographic-design","tag-cartography"],"acf":{"short_description":"Two techniques to show off the sunniest cities in America","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>There have been some extraordinary sunsets where I live. One day as I ran through the orange groves, I turned a corner and was stopped in my tracks\u2014not by a snake, as has occasionally happened, but by the beauty of an amazing cloudscape. The sky was painted all sorts of colours looking as if a painter had crafted it with a magic brush. What struck me most was the intensity of the sunbeams slashing through the clouds and across the sky.<\/p>\n<p>My first thought: I must paint this.<\/p>\n<p>My second thought: I must find a way to put this on a map.<\/p>\n<p>So what to map? I have several in-the-works ideas about incorporating clouds in projects because, to be honest, if I get to add a cloud to something, it makes me happy. However, I specifically wanted to incorporate those sunbeams. Finally, the idea came to me. I could map the sunniest cities in America and use those beams thematically to showcase those cities.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the idea so much that I decided to make two maps! The first was more of a drawing, and the second was a 3D example.<\/p>\n<p>I ran over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.ncdc.noaa.gov\/pub\/data\/ccd-data\/pctposrank.txt\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)<\/a> to find out what the sunniest cities in America are.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>1. Yuma, Arizona<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193302,"id":193302,"title":"Sun_yuma","filename":"Sun_yuma.jpg","filesize":23328,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun_yuma","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun_yuma","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:01:46","modified":"2018-05-23 19:01:46","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":250,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","thumbnail-width":91,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","medium-width":119,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","medium_large-width":250,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","large-width":250,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","1536x1536-width":250,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","2048x2048-width":250,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","card_image-width":211,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_yuma.jpg","wide_image-width":250,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>2. Redding, California<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193352,"id":193352,"title":"Sun_redding","filename":"Sun_redding.jpg","filesize":17805,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun_redding","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun_redding","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:05:54","modified":"2018-05-23 19:05:54","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":250,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","thumbnail-width":91,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","medium-width":119,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","medium_large-width":250,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","large-width":250,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","1536x1536-width":250,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","2048x2048-width":250,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","card_image-width":211,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_redding.jpg","wide_image-width":250,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>3. Las Vegas, Nevada<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193372,"id":193372,"title":"Sun_vegas","filename":"Sun_vegas.jpg","filesize":22160,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun_vegas","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun_vegas","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:06:01","modified":"2018-05-23 19:06:01","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":250,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","thumbnail-width":91,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","medium-width":119,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","medium_large-width":250,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","large-width":250,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","1536x1536-width":250,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","2048x2048-width":250,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","card_image-width":211,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_vegas.jpg","wide_image-width":250,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>4. Phoenix, Arizona<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193342,"id":193342,"title":"Sun_phoenix","filename":"Sun_phoenix.jpg","filesize":19459,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun_phoenix","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun_phoenix","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:05:52","modified":"2018-05-23 19:05:52","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":250,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","thumbnail-width":91,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","medium-width":119,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","medium_large-width":250,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","large-width":250,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","1536x1536-width":250,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","2048x2048-width":250,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","card_image-width":211,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_phoenix.jpg","wide_image-width":250,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>5. Tucson, Arizona<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193362,"id":193362,"title":"Sun_tucson","filename":"Sun_tucson.jpg","filesize":20196,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun_tucson","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun_tucson","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:05:57","modified":"2018-05-23 19:05:57","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":250,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","thumbnail-width":91,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","medium-width":119,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","medium_large-width":250,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","large-width":250,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","1536x1536-width":250,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","2048x2048-width":250,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","card_image-width":211,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_tucson.jpg","wide_image-width":250,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>6. El Paso, Texas<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193332,"id":193332,"title":"Sun_el_paso","filename":"Sun_el_paso.jpg","filesize":21740,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun_el_paso","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun_el_paso","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:05:49","modified":"2018-05-23 19:05:49","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":250,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","thumbnail-width":91,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","medium-width":119,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","medium_large-width":250,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","large-width":250,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","1536x1536-width":250,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","2048x2048-width":250,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","card_image-width":211,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun_el_paso.jpg","wide_image-width":250,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Map One<\/h3>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193392,"id":193392,"title":"Sun Ray Small","filename":"Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","filesize":115847,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun-ray-small","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun-ray-small","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:12:35","modified":"2018-05-23 19:12:35","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":1650,"height":1275,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":165,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","medium-width":338,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":593,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","large-width":1398,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1187,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","2048x2048-width":1650,"2048x2048-height":1275,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","card_image-width":602,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-Ray-Small.jpg","wide_image-width":1398,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>As this map was more painterly, I did most of the work in my favourite drawing package, but ArcGIS Pro was extremely useful in getting this right.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>1. In ArcGIS Pro, I found the perfect angle.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193402,"id":193402,"title":"angle_1","filename":"angle_1.jpg","filesize":49450,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/angle_1","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"angle_1","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:27:32","modified":"2018-05-23 19:27:32","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":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_1.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>2. But it is amazing how flat the earth actually is, so I bumped up the vertical exaggeration 25 times.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193412,"id":193412,"title":"angle_2","filename":"angle_2.jpg","filesize":49590,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/angle_2","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"angle_2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:29:52","modified":"2018-05-23 19:29:52","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":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_2.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>3. Then I painted it.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193422,"id":193422,"title":"angle_3","filename":"angle_3.jpg","filesize":32998,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/angle_3","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"angle_3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:31:50","modified":"2018-05-23 19:31:50","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":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/angle_3.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Map Two<\/h3>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":196912,"id":196912,"title":"sun01","filename":"sun01.jpg","filesize":135090,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun01","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun01","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-27 03:53:40","modified":"2018-05-27 03:53:40","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":1295,"height":650,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":107,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":233,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":385,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","large-width":1295,"large-height":650,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","1536x1536-width":1295,"1536x1536-height":650,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","2048x2048-width":1295,"2048x2048-height":650,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":415,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sun01.jpg","wide_image-width":1295,"wide_image-height":650}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>In case you are like me and appreciate the potential of 3D and enjoy working in it, here are the steps I took to make the map above:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>1. I wanted to maintain that painterly look, so I exported the imagery, applied some effects in a graphics package, and georeferenced that image back into place.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193462,"id":193462,"title":"posterize","filename":"posterize.jpg","filesize":90124,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/posterize","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"posterize","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:41:56","modified":"2018-05-23 19:41:56","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":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/posterize.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>2. I then drew some suns.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193482,"id":193482,"title":"Sun-01","filename":"Sun-01.png","filesize":7775,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sun-01","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sun-01","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:43:28","modified":"2018-05-23 19:43:28","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":396,"height":395,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","thumbnail-width":201,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","medium-width":262,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","medium_large-width":396,"medium_large-height":395,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","large-width":396,"large-height":395,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","1536x1536-width":396,"1536x1536-height":395,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","2048x2048-width":396,"2048x2048-height":395,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","card_image-width":396,"card_image-height":395,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Sun-01.png","wide_image-width":396,"wide_image-height":395}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>3. Next, I included some clouds (my favourite part).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193492,"id":193492,"title":"clouds","filename":"clouds.jpg","filesize":19800,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/clouds","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"clouds","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 19:45:31","modified":"2018-05-23 19:45:31","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":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/clouds.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>4. And I added some sunbeams.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193592,"id":193592,"title":"sunbeam","filename":"sunbeam.jpg","filesize":2961,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/sunbeam","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"sunbeam","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 20:24:37","modified":"2018-05-23 20:24:37","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":250,"height":550,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","thumbnail-width":91,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","medium-width":119,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","medium_large-width":250,"medium_large-height":550,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","large-width":250,"large-height":550,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","1536x1536-width":250,"1536x1536-height":550,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","2048x2048-width":250,"2048x2048-height":550,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","card_image-width":211,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/sunbeam.jpg","wide_image-width":250,"wide_image-height":550}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>5. I placed the sun, sunbeam, and cloud icons into the scene. <a href=\"https:\/\/esri.box.com\/s\/c21e9d6xc4krl9eins3a9g7hzaqkgbvv\">You can totally have these assets too.<\/a> I went on to place<br \/>\n\u2022 The sun at each city&#8217;s centre.<br \/>\n\u2022 The sunbeams at the city centre as well.<br \/>\n\u2022 The clouds in aesthetically pleasing positions, adjusting their height with the handy placement tools.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193622,"id":193622,"title":"controls","filename":"controls.jpg","filesize":57717,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/controls","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"controls","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 20:31:48","modified":"2018-05-23 20:31:48","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":1000,"height":400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":85,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":186,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":307,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":400,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":400,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":400,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":330,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/controls.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":400}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Also, I symbolized each feature with a picture marker and, importantly, I made sure the rotation was set to Billboard with signpost rotation. This ensures that the image is always facing the screen.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193642,"id":193642,"title":"symbolforsun","filename":"symbolforsun.jpg","filesize":24235,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/symbolforsun","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"symbolforsun","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 20:38:36","modified":"2018-05-23 20:38:36","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":359,"height":626,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","thumbnail-width":115,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","medium-width":150,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","medium_large-width":359,"medium_large-height":626,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","large-width":359,"large-height":626,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","1536x1536-width":359,"1536x1536-height":626,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","2048x2048-width":359,"2048x2048-height":626,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","card_image-width":267,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/symbolforsun.jpg","wide_image-width":359,"wide_image-height":626}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>6. I changed the Atmospheric lighting and Illumination settings.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":193702,"id":193702,"title":"scene settings","filename":"scene-settings.jpg","filesize":11325,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/3d-gis\/sunniest-cities-in-america\/scene-settings","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"scene-settings","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":192961,"date":"2018-05-23 20:49:03","modified":"2018-05-23 20:49:03","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":679,"height":209,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":66,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":143,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","medium_large-width":679,"medium_large-height":209,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","large-width":679,"large-height":209,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","1536x1536-width":679,"1536x1536-height":209,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","2048x2048-width":679,"2048x2048-height":209,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","card_image-width":679,"card_image-height":209,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/05\/scene-settings.jpg","wide_image-width":679,"wide_image-height":209}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>7. 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