{"id":2463582,"date":"2024-08-23T06:55:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2463582"},"modified":"2024-08-23T06:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T13:55:40","slug":"mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the most popular National Park Service lands"},"author":360352,"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":[42181,23201,26451,176452,31301],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-2463582","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-arcgis-pro","tag-cartographic-design","tag-cartography","tag-mapping","tag-symbology","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"authors":[{"ID":360352,"user_firstname":"Lauren","user_lastname":"Tierney","nickname":"Lauren Tierney","user_nicename":"ltierney","display_name":"Lauren Tierney","user_email":"ltierney@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/laurenctierney.com","user_registered":"2024-08-19 13:31:34","user_description":"Lauren Tierney is the Senior Product Manager of Mapping and Cartography at Esri. Before joining Esri in 2024 she was a Senior Graphics Reporter at The Washington Post, as well as a Graphics Editor at National Geographic Magazine. She has a masters degree in geography from the University of Oregon. Lauren is a cartographer who enjoys telling stories with maps and specializes in mapping environment, climate, wildlife, and adventure topics.","user_avatar":""}],"short_description":"With a new GIS mapping tool you can map the most visited national parks (and much more!) to explore your spatial data even further.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

As summer wraps up, I\u2019ve been thinking a lot about outdoor adventures to national parks. So far this year I\u2019ve only made it to one: Acadia National Park in Maine.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking about it some more I realized I’d been to a lot more <\/span>National Park Service<\/span><\/a> lands this year if I expanded it to more than national parks. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Catoctin Mountain Park, and Assateague Island National Seashore, to name a few. And of course, the many I am surrounded by living in Washington, D.C.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I began wondering: which National Park Service (NPS) lands are the most popular?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2464692,"id":2464692,"title":"national-park-service-maps-edit","filename":"national-park-service-maps-edit.jpg","filesize":665453,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/national-park-service-maps-edit","alt":"Image of a lot of National Park Service visitor maps","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"Photo of the author's collection of National Park Service visitor maps.","name":"national-park-service-maps-edit","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-20 19:51:40","modified":"2024-08-20 19:52:54","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":1663,"height":1247,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit.jpg","medium-width":348,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit.jpg","large-width":1440,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit-1536x1152.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit.jpg","2048x2048-width":1663,"2048x2048-height":1247,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit-620x465.jpg","card_image-width":620,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/national-park-service-maps-edit-1440x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1440,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

When people think about National Park Service (NPS) lands they often think of national parks like Yellowstone and Yosemite, but the NPS also manages numerous parkways, battlefields, seashores and more.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To answer this question I needed a tool to visualize multiple variables at once, so I used the recently added \u201cquantity by category\u201d functionality in ArcGIS Pro 3.3.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mappers can now combine multiple visualization techniques using unique values symbology. This feature was requested by our users on <\/span>Esri Community<\/span><\/a> as many missed the “quantity by category” symbology option available in ArcMap.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_42wimyqj","time":false,"start":0,"stop":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

This functionality provides a way to visualize the same dataset in multiple ways. Maybe that is color and symbol size, color and symbol rotation, etc. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First I got data from the <\/span>NPS Stats<\/span><\/a> website. I used the <\/span>Query Builder for Public Use Statistics<\/span><\/a> to get visitation data by unit for all of 2023. Using unique values symbology, I visualized different land types by color and used size to communicate the number of visitors.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Applying the symbology<\/h3>\n

To start, I categorized my symbols by NPS land type (parks, battlefields, etc.). I used <\/span>Unique Values<\/span><\/a> as my primary symbology and selected different colors for different land types (orange for parkways, blue for water areas, etc.).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2465522,"id":2465522,"title":"unique-values","filename":"unique-values.png","filesize":116530,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/unique-values-4","alt":"Image of symbology pane in ArcGIS Pro 3.3","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"unique-values-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-21 14:28:34","modified":"2024-08-21 14:29:01","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":423,"height":872,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values.png","medium-width":127,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values.png","medium_large-width":423,"medium_large-height":872,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values.png","large-width":423,"large-height":872,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values.png","1536x1536-width":423,"1536x1536-height":872,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values.png","2048x2048-width":423,"2048x2048-height":872,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values-226x465.png","card_image-width":226,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/unique-values.png","wide_image-width":423,"wide_image-height":872}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Next, <\/span>I <\/span><\/span>varied my symbology<\/span><\/span><\/a> by the <\/span>number<\/span> of total visitors <\/span>in 2023 to each park<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>using symbol size. <\/span>This allowed me to adjust the range of symbol sizes to help the most visited parks really stand out on the map.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2465532,"id":2465532,"title":"graduated-symbols","filename":"graduated-symbols.png","filesize":78538,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/graduated-symbols","alt":"Image of symbology pane in ArcGIS Pro 3.3","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"graduated-symbols","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-21 14:29:30","modified":"2024-08-21 14:29:48","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":430,"height":794,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols.png","medium-width":141,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols.png","medium_large-width":430,"medium_large-height":794,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols.png","large-width":430,"large-height":794,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols.png","1536x1536-width":430,"1536x1536-height":794,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols.png","2048x2048-width":430,"2048x2048-height":794,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols-252x465.png","card_image-width":252,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/graduated-symbols.png","wide_image-width":430,"wide_image-height":794}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

With NPS land type categorized by color, and the number of visitors represented by symbol size, I could begin creating a layout, adding other areas of interest, and experimenting with styles.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2465542,"id":2465542,"title":"Screenshot 2024-08-20 121036","filename":"Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036.png","filesize":551040,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/screenshot-2024-08-20-121036","alt":"Map of the lower 48 United States with circle symbols representing National Park Service lands","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"screenshot-2024-08-20-121036","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-21 14:31:06","modified":"2024-08-21 14:31:45","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":1706,"height":1068,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036.png","medium-width":417,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":481,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036.png","large-width":1706,"large-height":1068,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036-1536x962.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":962,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036.png","2048x2048-width":1706,"2048x2048-height":1068,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036-743x465.png","card_image-width":743,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-2024-08-20-121036.png","wide_image-width":1706,"wide_image-height":1068}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

 <\/p>\n

D<\/span>esign inspiration<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

When designing a map, it can be helpful to look for inspiration in the world around you. <\/span>Maybe that\u2019s<\/span> art in a museum or on social media, or <\/span>maybe <\/span>it\u2019s<\/span> maps from the past. For this <\/span>project <\/span>I <\/span>looked at<\/span> the <\/span><\/span>David Rumsey Map Collection<\/span><\/span><\/a> for design<\/span> ideas<\/span>.<\/span> I found <\/span><\/span>this Glacier National Park <\/span>aeroplane<\/span> map<\/span><\/span><\/a> from 1910 t<\/span>hat inspired<\/span> the color<\/span>s<\/span>, fonts, and texture<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2464672,"id":2464672,"title":"most-visited-national-parks-map","filename":"most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg","filesize":569864,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/most-visited-national-parks-map","alt":"Map of most popular national parks in the United States","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"Final map design (click to view larger)","name":"most-visited-national-parks-map","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-20 19:48:30","modified":"2024-08-21 14:37:08","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":2560,"height":1978,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg","medium-width":338,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":593,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg","large-width":1398,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-1536x1187.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1187,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-2048x1583.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1583,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-602x465.jpg","card_image-width":602,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-1398x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1398,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

I used blues, oranges, tans, and greens <\/span>like<\/span> those <\/span>on<\/span> the 1910 brochure<\/span>. I<\/span> applied a <\/span><\/span>Living Atlas texture tile<\/span><\/span><\/a> suggested by <\/span>John Nelso<\/span><\/span><\/a>n<\/span>, a fellow cartographer<\/span>.<\/span> I also chose a font that was <\/span>similar to<\/span> the one used on the brochure.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Consolidating the legend<\/h3>\n

There are MANY land<\/span> types<\/span> managed by the National Park Service, which c<\/span>artographically can mean A LOT of color decisions. To minimize the number of colors<\/span> I grouped together s<\/span>everal land types<\/span> based on similarities.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2465552,"id":2465552,"title":"key","filename":"key.png","filesize":24655,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/key","alt":"Image of map legend","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"key","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-21 14:33:00","modified":"2024-08-21 14:33:19","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":573,"height":132,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key-213x132.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":132,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":107,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","medium_large-width":573,"medium_large-height":132,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","large-width":573,"large-height":132,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","1536x1536-width":573,"1536x1536-height":132,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","2048x2048-width":573,"2048x2048-height":132,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","card_image-width":573,"card_image-height":132,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/key.png","wide_image-width":573,"wide_image-height":132}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

I chose to visually group together things like water features, battlefields, etc. <\/span>This could <\/span>be<\/span> divided and grouped in a variety of ways, depending on the goal or focus of the map.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Applying some layer effects<\/h3>\n

I applied <\/span>an <\/span>additional<\/span> stroke to state boundaries and coastlines<\/span> and<\/span> <\/span>transparency<\/span> with blend modes<\/span><\/span><\/a> to <\/span>give a subtle \u2018glow\u2019 effect to soften some of the hard edges of the map.<\/span> <\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2465562,"id":2465562,"title":"layer-effect","filename":"layer-effect.png","filesize":315179,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/layer-effect","alt":"Zoomed in image of coastline to highlight stroke effect along state lines","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"","name":"layer-effect","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-21 14:33:52","modified":"2024-08-21 14:34:24","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":1328,"height":628,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":219,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":363,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect.png","large-width":1328,"large-height":628,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect.png","1536x1536-width":1328,"1536x1536-height":628,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect.png","2048x2048-width":1328,"2048x2048-height":628,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect-826x391.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":391,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/layer-effect.png","wide_image-width":1328,"wide_image-height":628}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

I was really happy with the results I could achieve using the new \u201cquantity by category\u201d capability in ArcGIS Pro 3.3. Want to try the same thing in a web map? Check out \u201c<\/span>types and size<\/span><\/a>\u201d symbology in ArcGIS Map Viewer.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below are some close-ups of the final map design. I\u2019d love to see other examples. Please feel free to reach out and share your maps on <\/span>X<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>! \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile I\u2019ll be making my list of NPS lands to visit this fall!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2464672,"id":2464672,"title":"most-visited-national-parks-map","filename":"most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg","filesize":569864,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/most-visited-national-parks-map-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/mapping-the-most-popular-national-park-service-lands\/most-visited-national-parks-map","alt":"Map of most popular national parks in the United States","author":"360352","description":"","caption":"Final map design (click to view larger)","name":"most-visited-national-parks-map","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2463582,"date":"2024-08-20 19:48:30","modified":"2024-08-21 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