{"id":2244912,"date":"2024-02-15T06:16:31","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=2244912"},"modified":"2024-02-15T06:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T14:16:31","slug":"one-map-to-rule-them-all","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/one-map-to-rule-them-all","title":{"rendered":"One map to rule them all"},"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":[26451,223302,25871,31201,29041],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36561],"class_list":["post-2244912","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-cartography","tag-fantasy","tag-land-cover","tag-print","tag-style","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"All we have to decide is what to map with the time that is given us.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;I wisely started with a map, and made the story fit&#8221;<br \/>\n-JRR Tolkien<\/p>\n<p>The map drawn by Christopher Tolkien for his father&#8217;s book is a simple and beautiful reference. 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We map-makers get to breathe honest to goodness geographic life into the seminal aesthetic found in the LOTR cartography, and I think that&#8217;s a bit of magic just waiting around for us to wield.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d rather just jump in to the making, you can find the &#8220;One Style to Rule Them All&#8221; style for ArcGIS Pro here: <a href=\"https:\/\/esriurl.com\/nelsonstyles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">esriurl.com\/nelsonstyles<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Part 1: How to grow a forest<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Tolkien Style Maps in a GIS: part 1, Forests\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sy3Rerl05yg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>0:00 Pretty stunning intro<br \/>\n1:03 Deconstructing the forest components<br \/>\n1:27 Planting a forest perimeter<br \/>\n2:36 Filling in the forest with a repeating pattern<br \/>\n3:42 Those cute little tree trunks<br \/>\n5:01 Giving this map a paper texture<br \/>\n5:42 Personalizing with some shading and tinting<br \/>\n10:15 Save symbol to a re-usable style<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Part 2: How to move mountains<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Tolkien Style Maps in a GIS: part 2, Mountains\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ND4Kmi-yhs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>0:00 Eye-wateringly dramatic intro<br \/>\n0:14 Examining mountains in Tolkien&#8217;s map<br \/>\n0:45 Photoshopping a mountain image asset<br \/>\n1:12 Wes Jones&#8217; fantasy mapping channel<br \/>\n1:30 Add a mountain marker layer<br \/>\n2:36 Highlights<br \/>\n3:08 Add a foothill marker layer<br \/>\n4:28 Saving mountain symbol to a style<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Part 3: How to fill the seas<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Tolkien Style Maps in a GIS: part 3, Water\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9wQ4DfjTSyc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>0:00 Rapturous into<br \/>\n0:16 Tolkien&#8217;s water reference<br \/>\n0:50 Review of the previous symbols<br \/>\n1:16 Wavy scratchy rivers<br \/>\n2:56 Water tint<br \/>\n3:54 Coastal rake<br \/>\n5:38 Water line ripple ring things<br \/>\n6:54 Dark water!<br \/>\n7:33 Oceans<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Part 4: Putting it all together<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"youtube","start_time":"0","end_time":"","youtube_video_url":"<iframe title=\"Tolkien Style Maps in a GIS: part 4, Assembly\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U3OGP9HppCY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>0:00 First, a reading<br \/>\n0:21 Where to find <a href=\"https:\/\/esriurl.com\/nelsonstyles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this style resource<\/a><br \/>\n0:36 Data sources (<a href=\"https:\/\/naturalearthdata.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natural Earth<\/a> water features and <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=RESOLVE%20ecoregions#q=RESOLVE+ecoregions&amp;d=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Living Atlas Ecoregions<\/a>)<br \/>\n0:54 How to add a style to a project<br \/>\n2:05 Adding a Living Atlas <a href=\"https:\/\/livingatlas.arcgis.com\/en\/browse\/?q=paper%20texture#q=paper+texture&amp;d=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paper texture<\/a><br \/>\n2:45 Planting ecoregions in (Middle) Earth<br \/>\n3:18 Some examples<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for following along on this unexpected journey! I&#8217;d love to see the fantastic maps you make and hope you&#8217;ll share them with the community for fun and encouragement. 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Love, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@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. I also design user experiences for maps and apps.\r\nWhen I'm not doing those things, I'm chasing around toddlers and wrangling chickens, and generally getting into other ad-hoc adventures. 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