{"id":2739692,"date":"2025-04-02T08:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=2739692"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T19:42:20","slug":"custom-orthographic-icons","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons","title":{"rendered":"Make Map Icons with Orthographic Projections"},"author":8492,"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":[26451,34611,778942,778932,36201],"industry":[],"product":[36581,36551,36561],"class_list":["post-2739692","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-cartography","tag-hurricane","tag-icon","tag-orthographic","tag-projection","product-arcgis-living-atlas","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Create custom projections with only two coordinates and then turn them into icons for endless possibilities. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

An <\/span><\/span>orthogr<\/span>a<\/span>phic projection<\/span><\/span><\/a> is the best <\/span>approximation<\/span> of a view of <\/span>the <\/span>earth from space. <\/span>It<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s an azimuthal perspective <\/span>projection <\/span>which <\/span>creates an illusion of a three<\/span>-dimensional globe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s an old projection, believed to have first been developed by the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks. In our time this perspective feels natural since our culture has assimilated how our planet looks from a spacecraft. A good example is Earth’s first portrait, taken from Apollo 8 mission astronauts in 1968:<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743112,"id":2743112,"title":"NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise","filename":"NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg","filesize":311263,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/nasa-apollo8-dec24-earthrise","alt":"Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"Earthrise, taken on December 24, 1968, by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders. ","name":"nasa-apollo8-dec24-earthrise","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:02:28","modified":"2025-03-31 19:03:07","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":2400,"height":2400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg","large-width":1080,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise-1536x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise-2048x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise-465x465.jpg","card_image-width":465,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise-1080x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1080,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earthrise#\/media\/File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

This projection only shows a portion of earth at any given time. Cartographers can use this projection effectively to highlight a particular view of earth in a way that is immediately and intuitively understood.<\/span><\/p>\n

For our example we are going to be helping people understand Hurricane Basins. We will create custom orthographic maps and then export them as .png files (you could do .svg) to become icons we can use and share. Icons are simplified pictures that represent real things. Quite often they are small so they need to be straightforward and uncomplicated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Our example is focused on the Hurricane Basins that border the US – Eastern Pacific and North Atlantic. \u00a0From the ArcGIS Online<\/a> and Living Atlas<\/a> bring in <\/span>Hurricane Basins<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>World Countries Generalized<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Global Background<\/span><\/a>. Change the World Countries layer to white with no outline and make the Global Background black.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743122,"id":2743122,"title":"BringinLayers","filename":"BringinLayers.jpg","filesize":422645,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/bringinlayers","alt":"Layers sourced from ArcGIS Living Atlas: Hurricane Basins, World Countries Generalized, and Global Background.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"Layers sourced from ArcGIS Living Atlas: Hurricane Basins, World Countries Generalized, and Global Background.","name":"bringinlayers","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:03:48","modified":"2025-03-31 20:26:11","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":1400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":420,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1050,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers-1536x840.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":840,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers-2048x1120.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1120,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers-826x452.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":452,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers-1920x1050.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1050}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BringinLayers.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

In ArcGIS Pro only two orthographic projections are defined \u2013 for the North and South Pole.\u00a0 Thankfully it\u2019s easy to customize the orthographic projection to pivot the planet to be seen from a desired point of view. You may think as if you were on a spacecraft looking down at the earth. All you need then are two coordinates, the latitude and longitude below your viewing position.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start by making a map of the North Atlantic Basin. Right click on the map and open the Properties.\u00a0 Under Coordinate System select New Projected Coordinate System.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743132,"id":2743132,"title":"CreateProjec","filename":"CreateProjec.jpg","filesize":230745,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/createprojec","alt":"Showing where to create a New Projected Coordinate System.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"createprojec","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:04:59","modified":"2025-03-31 22:34:36","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":1458,"height":758,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":241,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":399,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg","large-width":1458,"large-height":758,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg","1536x1536-width":1458,"1536x1536-height":758,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg","2048x2048-width":1458,"2048x2048-height":758,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec-826x429.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":429,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg","wide_image-width":1458,"wide_image-height":758}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CreateProjec.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

First c<\/span>hange t<\/span>he projection to<\/span> Orthographic<\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743152,"id":2743152,"title":"orthographic","filename":"orthographic.jpg","filesize":115257,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/orthographic","alt":"Image showing where to select Orthographic.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"orthographic","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:05:43","modified":"2025-03-31 20:29:10","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":516,"height":659,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg","medium-width":204,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg","medium_large-width":516,"medium_large-height":659,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg","large-width":516,"large-height":659,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg","1536x1536-width":516,"1536x1536-height":659,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg","2048x2048-width":516,"2048x2048-height":659,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic-364x465.jpg","card_image-width":364,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg","wide_image-width":516,"wide_image-height":659}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

To highlight the North Atlantic Basin we will <\/span>center the projection on<\/span> the coordinates of <\/span>44 degrees west <\/span>longitude <\/span>(-44) <\/span>and <\/span>2<\/span>0<\/span> degrees north<\/span> latitude<\/span>. Click Save and OK.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743162,"id":2743162,"title":"orthographic_coordNAmerica","filename":"orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","filesize":70950,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/orthographic_coordnamerica","alt":"Image showing where to enter the coordinates (-44, 20) for the custom orthographic projection.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"orthographic_coordnamerica","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:06:18","modified":"2025-03-31 20:29:52","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":516,"height":659,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","medium-width":204,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","medium_large-width":516,"medium_large-height":659,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","large-width":516,"large-height":659,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","1536x1536-width":516,"1536x1536-height":659,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","2048x2048-width":516,"2048x2048-height":659,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica-364x465.jpg","card_image-width":364,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthographic_coordNAmerica.jpg","wide_image-width":516,"wide_image-height":659}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Here\u2019s our new map highlighting the Atlantic Basin.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743172,"id":2743172,"title":"orthoNAmerica_newmap","filename":"orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","filesize":101639,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/orthonamerica_newmap","alt":"Image showing that the center focus of our custom orthographic projection is the North Atlantic Basin.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"The North Atlantic Basin is now the focus area for our custom orthographic projection.","name":"orthonamerica_newmap","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:06:49","modified":"2025-03-31 22:35:12","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":1000,"height":1000,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","large-width":1000,"large-height":1000,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","1536x1536-width":1000,"1536x1536-height":1000,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","2048x2048-width":1000,"2048x2048-height":1000,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap-465x465.jpg","card_image-width":465,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg","wide_image-width":1000,"wide_image-height":1000}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoNAmerica_newmap.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Let’s make the two other ones that we need, one for the Eastern Pacific Basin and <\/span>o<\/span>ne that\u00a0<\/span>\u2018<\/span>generally<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00a0covers<\/span>\u00a0most of<\/span>\u00a0the other<\/span> Basins. Copy your map two times so you can specify each of them with their own custom orthographic projection.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2744512,"id":2744512,"title":"copymap","filename":"copymap.jpg","filesize":35649,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/copymap","alt":"Image showing the map copied for the other basins.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"copymap","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-04-01 16:46:03","modified":"2025-04-01 16:46:40","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":412,"height":345,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","medium-width":312,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","medium_large-width":412,"medium_large-height":345,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","large-width":412,"large-height":345,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","1536x1536-width":412,"1536x1536-height":345,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","2048x2048-width":412,"2048x2048-height":345,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","card_image-width":412,"card_image-height":345,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg","wide_image-width":412,"wide_image-height":345}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/copymap.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Follow the same process for the Eastern Pacific having coordinates of <\/span>130 degrees west <\/span>longitude <\/span>(-130) <\/span>and <\/span>3<\/span>0<\/span> degrees north<\/span> latitude; and all Other Basins to be coordinates of 100 degrees east longitude (100) and 0 degrees south latitude.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743242,"id":2743242,"title":"CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp","filename":"CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-scaled.jpg","filesize":152153,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/coordinatesepac_indpacbasin-01_wp","alt":"Image showing the coordinates for the Eastern Pacific Basin and all other Basins.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"Eastern Pacific Basin on the left and all other Basins on the right.","name":"coordinatesepac_indpacbasin-01_wp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:13:15","modified":"2025-03-31 20:33:35","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":1137,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-scaled.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":206,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":341,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-scaled.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":853,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-1536x682.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":682,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-2048x909.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":909,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-826x367.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":367,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-1920x852.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":852}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CoordinatesEPac_IndPacBasin-01_wp-scaled.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Go back to the North Atlantic map and turn off the basins. <\/span>Open up the Geoprocessing Toolbar and search for the <\/span><\/span>Erase<\/span><\/span><\/a> tool.<\/span> Because the<\/span> Global <\/span>Background <\/span>is a<\/span> giant <\/span>shape that covers the entire earth<\/span> we can use it as a base layer from which things will be removed<\/span><\/span>. <\/span>For this we are<\/span> going to <\/span>\u2018<\/span>erase<\/span>\u2019<\/span> World Countries<\/span> from the <\/span>Global B<\/span>ackground<\/span>. This will <\/span>leave us<\/span> with <\/span>only the<\/span> ocean and not the land.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743182,"id":2743182,"title":"Erase","filename":"Erase.jpg","filesize":35243,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/erase-2","alt":"Image showing the Erase tool dialog in ArcGIS Pro.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"erase-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:07:33","modified":"2025-03-31 20:30:10","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":408,"height":264,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","medium-width":403,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","medium_large-width":408,"medium_large-height":264,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","large-width":408,"large-height":264,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","1536x1536-width":408,"1536x1536-height":264,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","2048x2048-width":408,"2048x2048-height":264,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","card_image-width":408,"card_image-height":264,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Erase.jpg","wide_image-width":408,"wide_image-height":264}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Here is the result. In order to see the results of the Erase tool in this image we temporarily set the map background color just for this screen shot to Pacific Blue<\/em>.\u00a0 Repeat this same process for the Eastern Pacific and Other Basins maps.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743192,"id":2743192,"title":"EraseResults","filename":"EraseResults.jpg","filesize":411499,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/eraseresults","alt":"Image showing the erased orthographic map with a fill color temporarily applied.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"eraseresults","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:08:14","modified":"2025-03-31 20:31:07","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":2560,"height":1400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":420,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1050,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults-1536x840.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":840,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults-2048x1120.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1120,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults-826x452.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":452,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults-1920x1050.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1050}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EraseResults.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Next c<\/span>reate a layout <\/span>(we used\u00a0<\/span> square shaped <\/span>1200×1200 p<\/span>x<\/span>)<\/span> and <\/span>then<\/span> place the North Atlantic map<\/span>.<\/span> We used a scale set to <\/span>1:32,074,099<\/span>. To mask out the little edges of land along the edge of the map and to give our new icon some presence<\/span>, <\/span>we <\/span>drew<\/span> a hollow<\/span> circle over the map and set the size <\/span>of the <\/span>outlin<\/span>e<\/span> to 8 points.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743202,"id":2743202,"title":"orthoaddcirclePro","filename":"orthoaddcirclePro.jpg","filesize":245080,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/orthoaddcirclepro","alt":"Image showing how a hollow fill can help to anchor your map.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"orthoaddcirclepro","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:09:10","modified":"2025-03-31 22:36:49","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":2056,"height":1206,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro.jpg","medium-width":445,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":450,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro.jpg","large-width":1841,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro-1536x901.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":901,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro-2048x1201.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1201,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro-793x465.jpg","card_image-width":793,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro-1841x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1841,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/orthoaddcirclePro.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Here are views from before and after the circle was added.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2744582,"id":2744582,"title":"Orthoaddcircle_wp","filename":"Orthoaddcircle_wp-scaled.jpg","filesize":145118,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/orthoaddcircle_wp","alt":"Image showing before and after a hollow circle was added.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"Icons are simple pictures that represent real things. Adding a circle help to define the map and prepare it to be an icon.","name":"orthoaddcircle_wp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-04-01 17:04:52","modified":"2025-04-01 17:05:54","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":2560,"height":1497,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-scaled.jpg","medium-width":446,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":449,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-scaled.jpg","large-width":1847,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-1536x898.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":898,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-2048x1198.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1198,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-795x465.jpg","card_image-width":795,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-1847x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1847,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Orthoaddcircle_wp-scaled.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

For our purposes we want a white globe. We will change the color of the land and the circle over the map to white. (In the image below, the land and circle are white with a transparent background. The canvas looks blank, but its not.) You can export the map as a .png with a transparent background or as an .svg. We are going to do a .png file.<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743232,"id":2743232,"title":"OrthoExport","filename":"OrthoExport.jpg","filesize":338355,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/orthoexport","alt":"Image showing how to export as a .png file from ArcGIS Pro.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"","name":"orthoexport","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:11:33","modified":"2025-03-31 20:33:00","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":1400,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":254,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":420,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":1050,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport-1536x840.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":840,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport-2048x1120.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1120,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport-826x452.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":452,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport-1920x1050.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1050}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoExport.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Create layouts for the Eastern Pacific and Other Basins maps and follow the same steps by erasing and exporting <\/span>each of these as .<\/span>png<\/span> or .<\/span>svg<\/span> files. <\/span>We now have three custom orthographic map icons.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743252,"id":2743252,"title":"OrthoIcons","filename":"OrthoIcons.jpg","filesize":47260,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/orthoicons","alt":"Image showing the three new .png map icon files.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"Map icons are ready to use!","name":"orthoicons","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:14:17","modified":"2025-03-31 20:34:16","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":904,"height":298,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":153,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":253,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg","large-width":904,"large-height":298,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg","1536x1536-width":904,"1536x1536-height":298,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg","2048x2048-width":904,"2048x2048-height":298,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons-826x272.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":272,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg","wide_image-width":904,"wide_image-height":298}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/OrthoIcons.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Voila! <\/span>You <\/span>made your own custom <\/span>royalty-free <\/span>graphics that can be <\/span>used and <\/span>repeated<\/span> <\/span>ad infinitum<\/span><\/span><\/em> as icons <\/span>in<\/span> graphics, charts, <\/span>or reports.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2743272,"id":2743272,"title":"FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp","filename":"FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-scaled.jpg","filesize":637556,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/custom-orthographic-icons\/finaliconsgraphic_orthographicprojection_wp","alt":"Graphic showing how the three new map icons are used in Basin descriptions.","author":"8492","description":"","caption":"Our three new map icons in use.","name":"finaliconsgraphic_orthographicprojection_wp","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2739692,"date":"2025-03-31 19:15:51","modified":"2025-03-31 20:35:06","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":2282,"height":2560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-scaled.jpg","medium-width":233,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":862,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-scaled.jpg","large-width":963,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-1369x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1369,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-1825x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1825,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-414x465.jpg","card_image-width":414,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-963x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":963,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/FinalIconsGraphic_OrthographicProjection_wp-scaled.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Please reach out to us with comments or questions. We hope you enjoy making orthographic map icons as much as we do!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":8492,"user_firstname":"Emily","user_lastname":"Meriam","nickname":"Emily Meriam","user_nicename":"emeriam","display_name":"Emily Meriam","user_email":"EMeriam@esri.com","user_url":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/emilymeriam\/","user_registered":"2018-10-26 16:33:49","user_description":"Emily Meriam has a diverse GIS background that spans more than two decades. Her portfolio includes mapping elephants in Thailand, wildlife poachers in the Republic of Palau, land-use issues around Yosemite National Park, and active wildfire incidents for the State of California. Since 2018, Emily has been with Esri's ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World. In this role she serves as lead Cartographer and Senior GIS Engineer for the Environment Team where she styles and designs layers, maps, and applications for the global GIS community. 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