{"id":2379292,"date":"2024-07-31T10:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2379292"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:01:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T20:01:03","slug":"how-do-i-do-that","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/how-do-i-do-that","title":{"rendered":"How do I do that?"},"author":4491,"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":[43101,26451,232692,176452],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551],"class_list":["post-2379292","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-cartography","tag-history","tag-mapping","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"related_articles":[{"ID":1394902,"post_author":"4491","post_date":"2021-11-12 14:23:43","post_date_gmt":"2021-11-12 22:23:43","post_content":"","post_title":"Mapping in Multi-Scale","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"mapping-in-multi-scale","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-01-29 15:59:52","post_modified_gmt":"2025-01-29 23:59:52","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1394902","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"2","filter":"raw"},{"ID":2081992,"post_author":"4491","post_date":"2023-09-29 12:52:18","post_date_gmt":"2023-09-29 19:52:18","post_content":"","post_title":"Old School: Adapting Esri Basemaps for Printed Products","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"old-school-adapting-esri-basemaps-for-printed-products","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2023-09-29 12:52:18","post_modified_gmt":"2023-09-29 19:52:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2081992","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1458322,"post_author":"4491","post_date":"2022-01-18 13:24:37","post_date_gmt":"2022-01-18 21:24:37","post_content":"","post_title":"Color Ramps: Breaking away from presets","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"color-ramps-breaking-away-from-presets","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-01-19 18:37:03","post_modified_gmt":"2022-01-20 02:37:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1458322","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"authors":[{"ID":4491,"user_firstname":"Andrew","user_lastname":"Skinner","nickname":"Andrew Skinner","user_nicename":"askinner","display_name":"Andy Skinner","user_email":"ASkinner@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:04","user_description":"Andy is a Cartographic Designer who has been building maps for 50 years. He has been working with Esri in Redlands for 16 years, most recently on the creation of some of Esri's vector basemaps, and the development of color ramps for ArcGIS Online. Prior to Esri, he was Manager of Cartographic Design at Rand McNally, and before that a Senior Cartographer at GeoSystems\/MapQuest. He is originally from England, and worked for a number of years at what is now the University of Derby before moving to the USA. Andy can be contacted at: askinner@esri.com","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"A personal approach to making maps. Links to a series of stories examining this in detail. Updated July 31st to include another story.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

After 50+ years working as a cartographer, much of it dealing with complex reference maps for print as well as the online basemap work I do now, I\u2019ve built-up quite a bit of experience. I\u2019ve been through a number of technical and production evolutions\u00a0 (as I discuss here<\/a><\/strong>), and I\u2019ve taken an active role in the transition from manual to digital to online work (and beyond).<\/p>\n

So how do I do that? This is an attempt to write down some of the things I have learnt over those years. I\u2019ve created a series of ArcGIS StoryMaps stories looking at different aspects of how I work and how I think. They deal with my personal working methods, and they are by no means the only way of reaching a final product.\u00a0 Hopefully you find them useful, but ultimately you will need to work out what is best for you.<\/p>\n

This blog article links to them.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2379302,"id":2379302,"title":"Planning_Blog_Graphic","filename":"Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","filesize":289208,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/how-do-i-do-that\/planning_blog_graphic","alt":"Southeast Pennsylvania, comparing print-ready maps with online basemaps","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"planning_blog_graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2379292,"date":"2024-06-13 22:44:25","modified":"2024-06-13 22:46:02","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":1200,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":193,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":320,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":500,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":500,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":500,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic-826x344.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":344,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Planning_Blog_Graphic.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":500}},"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Planning and Executing a Map Project<\/a><\/h2>\n

Over time, I\u2019ve developed my own techniques for getting started on a map or series of maps, and seeing the project through to its conclusion. This outlines what I have learnt.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2379862,"id":2379862,"title":"Color_Blog_Graphic","filename":"Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","filesize":755433,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/how-do-i-do-that\/color_blog_graphic","alt":"Part of the LA Metro area, showing a transition from a monochrome map to full color","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"color_blog_graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2379292,"date":"2024-06-14 17:00:49","modified":"2024-06-14 17:02:07","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":1200,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":193,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":320,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":500,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":500,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":500,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic-826x344.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":344,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Color_Blog_Graphic.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":500}},"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Working with Color<\/a><\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve been working as a map designer for most of my career. Starting in black and white, then working in color for print (CMYK), to on-screen (RGB) and now online (HEX), I\u2019ve developed a deep understanding of how color works on maps. Here are some of the techniques I use.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2379872,"id":2379872,"title":"ColorVision_Blog_Graphic","filename":"ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","filesize":726461,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/how-do-i-do-that\/colorvision_blog_graphic","alt":"INverness, UK, showing a transition from full color to a representation of color vision deficiency","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"colorvision_blog_graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2379292,"date":"2024-06-14 17:05:00","modified":"2024-06-14 17:06:25","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":1200,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":193,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":320,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":500,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":500,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":500,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic-826x344.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":344,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ColorVision_Blog_Graphic.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":500}},"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Building for Vision Deficiency<\/a><\/h2>\n

I\u2019ve been designing maps for many years, but it is only recently that I have started to consider accessibility as part of my decision making. An admission though – not all of the maps I build, even now, are accessible! I try to do what I can, but it’s a learning process for me as well. These are some techniques and guidelines that I try to work with.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2700222,"id":2700222,"title":"Label_Blog_Graphic","filename":"Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","filesize":536789,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/how-do-i-do-that\/label_blog_graphic","alt":"An area of the UK Peak District overloaded with labels","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"label_blog_graphic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2379292,"date":"2025-02-24 21:48:57","modified":"2025-02-24 21:49:32","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":1200,"height":500,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":193,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":320,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":500,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":500,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":500,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic-826x344.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":344,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Label_Blog_Graphic.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":500}},"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Extreme Labels<\/a><\/h2>\n

It\u2019s been a constant throughout my career! I\u2019ll create beautiful, colorful and informative map detail, then have it disappear behind an impossibly dense, but equally important, label distribution. This is a look at ways of fighting back.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2379912,"id":2379912,"title":"Chicago_Buildings","filename":"Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","filesize":968829,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/how-do-i-do-that\/chicago_buildings","alt":"LAnd Use map of Chicago, showing the 4 CMYK color separations","author":"4491","description":"","caption":"","name":"chicago_buildings","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2379292,"date":"2024-06-14 17:09:17","modified":"2024-06-14 17:10:39","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":1200,"height":497,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":192,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":318,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":497,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":497,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":497,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic-826x342.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":342,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Printing_Blog_Graphic.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":497}},"image_position":"left","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Maps and Printing<\/a><\/h2>\n

It is only in the last 15 years that I’ve been working online. Before that my work was for print, and I’ve been in a good position to watch how things have changed. These are some of the techniques I used back in the \u2018old\u2019 days\u2026<\/p>\n

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Working for Print in ArcGIS<\/a><\/h2>\n

I don’t work too often for print these days, but occasionally I’ll dip my toe into that water again. Usually, given that I work for Esri, that means using one of the ArcGIS products. This is a guide to the capabilities, and the potential pitfalls, I’ve found working in ArcGIS for print.<\/p>\n

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Lines and More Lines<\/a><\/h2>\n

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