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Showcasing bioclimate, soils, earthquakes, hurricanes, and even lunar geology, these globes were part of an effort to animate a wide variety of basemaps and environmental datasets from Living Atlas<\/a>\u00a0and beyond \u2014 and were all created in ArcGIS Pro.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2981519,"id":2981519,"title":"Empty Audience with Globes Cropped","filename":"Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-scaled.jpg","filesize":212099,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/3d-gis\/a-how-to-guide-creating-global-animations-for-the-2026-esri-user-conference\/empty-audience-with-globes-cropped","alt":"Dress rehearsal at 2026 UC showing animated globes.","author":"10472","description":"","caption":"A globe for every monitor at the 2026 UC Plenary.","name":"empty-audience-with-globes-cropped","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2981266,"date":"2026-09-02 20:57:09","modified":"2026-09-02 21:01:39","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":2560,"height":1012,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-scaled.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":183,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":304,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-scaled.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":759,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-1536x607.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":607,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-2048x810.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":810,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-826x327.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":327,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Empty-Audience-with-Globes-Cropped-1920x759.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":759}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" A subset of six of these animated globes were thematically-linked, showcasing the dynamics of the different components of the Global Water Cycle<\/a>. If you wandered through the Map Gallery, you might have also seen them featured in a dedicated kiosk, supporting the Geowater<\/em> book release.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2981527,"id":2981527,"title":"Geowater Kiosk at the 2026 UC Map Gallery","filename":"GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647.jpg","filesize":627571,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/3d-gis\/a-how-to-guide-creating-global-animations-for-the-2026-esri-user-conference\/geowater-kiosk-2d-with-onlookers-em","alt":"Geowater kiosk in the 2026 UC Map Gallery.","author":"10472","description":"","caption":"The Geowater kiosk at the 2026 UC Map Gallery.","name":"geowater-kiosk-2d-with-onlookers-em","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2981266,"date":"2026-09-02 21:32:45","modified":"2026-09-02 22:10:56","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":1920,"height":1740,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647-288x261.jpg","medium-width":288,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647-768x696.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":696,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647-1192x1080.jpg","large-width":1192,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647-1536x1392.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1392,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-1536x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1536,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647-513x465.jpg","card_image-width":513,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GeoWater-Kiosk-2D-with-Onlookers-EM-scaled-e1788389218647-1192x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1192,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Geowater: A Geographic Approach to Water Data and Forecasting<\/em><\/a>, demonstrates how the geographic approach connects maps, data, and analytics to address water-related challenges, ranging from local flooding to global water management. Written by David Maidment, known for his body of research on surface water hydrology and the application of GIS to hydrology, Geowater<\/em> is based on the eight core geomethods<\/em> first established in Jack Dangermond\u2019s book,\u00a0The Power of Where<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Understanding the storage and movement processes of the global water cycle through geoaccounting is a complicated process, but the first step in understanding each component is putting the data on the map \u2013 or in our case, the globe. The result of synthesizing and exploring these datasets is shown in the synchronized collection of animated globes below, highlighting 6 key water cycle variables:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"kaltura","video_id":"1_cr86nrsq","time":false,"start":0},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" How does one go about turning data into visualizations like these?<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Geowater<\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":2981397,"id":2981397,"title":"Geowater Book Cover","filename":"Geowater-Book-Cover-scaled-e1788380111184.jpg","filesize":50881,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-scaled-e1788380111184.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/3d-gis\/a-how-to-guide-creating-global-animations-for-the-2026-esri-user-conference\/geowater-book-cover","alt":"Geowater book cover.","author":"10472","description":"","caption":"The Geowater book.","name":"geowater-book-cover","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":2981266,"date":"2026-09-01 21:33:51","modified":"2026-09-03 01:10:59","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":300,"height":300,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-scaled-e1788380111184.jpg","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-scaled-e1788380111184.jpg","medium_large-width":300,"medium_large-height":300,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-scaled-e1788380111184.jpg","large-width":300,"large-height":300,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-1536x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-2048x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":2048,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-465x465.jpg","card_image-width":465,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Geowater-Book-Cover-1080x1080.jpg","wide_image-width":1080,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"right","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/en-us\/esri-press\/browse\/geowater"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"
A How-To Guide for Global Animations<\/strong><\/h2>\n