{"id":2058802,"date":"2023-08-22T07:37:30","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2058802"},"modified":"2023-08-22T07:37:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:37:30","slug":"how-to-make-this-animated-map-of-blue-whale-migration","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/how-to-make-this-animated-map-of-blue-whale-migration","title":{"rendered":"How to make this animated map of blue whale migration"},"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":[22941,22771],"tags":[30171,26451,27981,43801,315102],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36561],"class_list":["post-2058802","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-natural-resources","tag-animation","tag-cartography","tag-layout","tag-migration","tag-oceans","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Animal migration data is a treat, and an honor, to work with. 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You can see some of them <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/johnmnelson\/recent-activity\/all\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, where I&#8217;ve re-posted what folks have shared on LinkedIn. If you make a migration map I would love to see it.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Migration Mapping, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/JohnNelsonMaps\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John<\/a><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":6971,"user_firstname":"John","user_lastname":"Nelson","nickname":"John Nelson","user_nicename":"j_nelson","display_name":"John Nelson","user_email":"John_Nelson@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/www.adventuresinmapping.com","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:05","user_description":"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. 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