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Map Monsters<\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Say you need to map a Planet Eater (sometimes referred to as an Octoplanet)\u2026 It is probably your first time. It is highly recommended that you complete the task quickly or it may be your last. How do you map it?<\/p>\n

Luckily, there are steps you can follow. Pay close attention and note all the details:<\/p>\n

Step One: It is important to stylize a map with black water and white land. Easiest done in the Vector Tile Style Editor<\/a>. Be sure to start with a WGS84 map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2937337,"id":2937337,"title":"Vector Tile Style Editor","filename":"vtse.jpg","filesize":88366,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/planet-eater\/vtse-3","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"vtse-3","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2937330,"date":"2025-08-26 17:53:29","modified":"2025-08-26 18:00:52","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":1092,"height":609,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":259,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":428,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse.jpg","large-width":1092,"large-height":609,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse.jpg","1536x1536-width":1092,"1536x1536-height":609,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse.jpg","2048x2048-width":1092,"2048x2048-height":609,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse-826x461.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":461,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/vtse.jpg","wide_image-width":1092,"wide_image-height":609}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step Two: Race to Pro, find your map, and add it to your project.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2937340,"id":2937340,"title":"catalog","filename":"cat.jpg","filesize":17133,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/planet-eater\/cat","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"cat","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2937330,"date":"2025-08-26 17:55:32","modified":"2025-08-26 18:00:37","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":240,"height":196,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat-213x196.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":196,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","medium-width":240,"medium-height":196,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","medium_large-width":240,"medium_large-height":196,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","large-width":240,"large-height":196,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","1536x1536-width":240,"1536x1536-height":196,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","2048x2048-width":240,"2048x2048-height":196,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","card_image-width":240,"card_image-height":196,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cat.jpg","wide_image-width":240,"wide_image-height":196}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step Three: Change your projection to “The World from Space.”<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2937341,"id":2937341,"title":"World From Space","filename":"wfs.jpg","filesize":88806,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/planet-eater\/wfs-4","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"wfs-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2937330,"date":"2025-08-26 18:00:00","modified":"2025-08-26 18:00:30","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":752,"height":493,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs.jpg","medium-width":398,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs.jpg","medium_large-width":752,"medium_large-height":493,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs.jpg","large-width":752,"large-height":493,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs.jpg","1536x1536-width":752,"1536x1536-height":493,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs.jpg","2048x2048-width":752,"2048x2048-height":493,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs-709x465.jpg","card_image-width":709,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/wfs.jpg","wide_image-width":752,"wide_image-height":493}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step Four: Darken the background to pure black.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2937342,"id":2937342,"title":"properties","filename":"properties.jpg","filesize":61574,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/planet-eater\/properties-8","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"properties-8","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2937330,"date":"2025-08-26 18:02:13","modified":"2025-08-26 18:02:13","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":748,"height":494,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties.jpg","medium-width":395,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties.jpg","medium_large-width":748,"medium_large-height":494,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties.jpg","large-width":748,"large-height":494,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties.jpg","1536x1536-width":748,"1536x1536-height":494,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties.jpg","2048x2048-width":748,"2048x2048-height":494,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties-704x465.jpg","card_image-width":704,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/properties.jpg","wide_image-width":748,"wide_image-height":494}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step Five: Create a layout and add a grid. The lines must be turned white.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2937343,"id":2937343,"title":"grid","filename":"grid.jpg","filesize":122144,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/planet-eater\/grid-4","alt":"","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"grid-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2937330,"date":"2025-08-26 18:03:53","modified":"2025-08-26 18:03:53","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":821,"height":581,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid.jpg","medium-width":369,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":543,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid.jpg","large-width":821,"large-height":581,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid.jpg","1536x1536-width":821,"1536x1536-height":581,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid.jpg","2048x2048-width":821,"2048x2048-height":581,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid-657x465.jpg","card_image-width":657,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/grid.jpg","wide_image-width":821,"wide_image-height":581}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step Six: The hard part is over. Export the layout and dash to your favourite graphics package to draw the stars, tentacles, and your ship. Conversely, bring those elements into Pro’s layout. The choice is yours – pick wisely.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2937345,"id":2937345,"title":"Octoplanet","filename":"octoplanet.png","filesize":738400,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis\/mapping\/planet-eater\/octoplanet","alt":"Planet Eater","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"octoplanet","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2937330,"date":"2025-08-26 18:12:48","modified":"2025-08-26 18:13:07","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":2560,"height":1440,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":432,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet-1536x864.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":864,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet-2048x1152.png","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":1152,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet-826x465.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/octoplanet-1920x1080.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Step Seven: Run. Drop the ballast. Do anything to get to safety.<\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":4551,"user_firstname":"Wesley","user_lastname":"Jones","nickname":"Wesley Jones","user_nicename":"wesjones","display_name":"Wes Jones","user_email":"WJones@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:16:10","user_description":"What time is it? 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