{"id":2032782,"date":"2023-07-26T09:21:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2032782"},"modified":"2023-07-26T09:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T16:22:17","slug":"how-to-make-features-illuminate-an-underlying-basemap","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/how-to-make-features-illuminate-an-underlying-basemap","title":{"rendered":"How to make features illuminate an underlying basemap"},"author":6971,"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":[720281,26451,27361,32321,43801],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36561],"class_list":["post-2032782","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-blend-modes","tag-cartography","tag-design","tag-hillshade","tag-migration","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Sure, we can make features look like they are glowing. But how can we make them look like they are casting light on the basemap below?","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Sure, we can make features look like they are glowing. But how can we make them look like they are casting light on the basemap below? Here’s a silly little trick using crafty symbology and blend modes in ArcGIS Pro. In this case we’ll use glorious stork migration paths, from Movebank<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Gist:<\/p>\n

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  1. Create a nighttime version of your basemap by adding the World Hillshade Dark<\/a> layer with an overlay blend. Duplicate as-needed.<\/li>\n
  2. Illuminate the basemap by giving the line features a very thick gradient stroke with white in the middle fading to transparent white at the edges, and an overlay blend.<\/li>\n
  3. Style another copy of the line features however you want.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Here’s a three-minute how-to if you want to walk through it with me. Try it with any line (or point) data you like…<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"