{"id":361081,"date":"2018-11-19T14:07:16","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T22:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=361081"},"modified":"2018-11-19T14:09:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T22:09:29","slug":"sunshine-on-my-shoulders","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine On My Shoulders"},"author":6971,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[24311,26701,27181,216542],"industry":[],"product":[36551],"class_list":["post-361081","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-analysis","tag-climate","tag-health","tag-join","product-arcgis-online"],"acf":{"short_description":"Smashing data found in the wild into ArcGIS Online geography.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

After the rousing rip roaring adventure of the expression-driven CMYK map<\/a> of multivariate health factors, Este Geraghty<\/a> sent me this interesting article<\/a> about the relationship between climate factors and binge drinking.<\/p>\n

As is the case with nearly any geographic exploration of a phenomenon, the results invariably invite more, and better, questions\u2013a virtuous flow of maps and discovery that sweep us all downstream toward adventure and better understanding.<\/p>\n

I wondered how varying amounts of sunlight might compare to some of the county health factors available in the Living Atlas. But how? Where?<\/p>\n

A twitter friend pointed me<\/a> right to the data, an amazing service<\/a> from the CDC that aggregates NASA insolation (sunlight) per day.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361121,"id":361121,"title":"CDC","filename":"CDC.png","filesize":65394,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/cdc","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"cdc","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:22:10","modified":"2018-11-19 21:22:10","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":960,"height":1777,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","thumbnail-width":108,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","medium-width":141,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":1422,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","large-width":583,"large-height":1080,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","1536x1536-width":830,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":1777,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","card_image-width":251,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/CDC.png","wide_image-width":583,"wide_image-height":1080}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/wonder.cdc.gov\/nasa-insolar.html"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The resulting table download is a nice tidy listing of each US County’s average sunlight per day. Looks like this (after I tidied up the column headers to make them shorter and without special characters).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361131,"id":361131,"title":"Data","filename":"Data.png","filesize":15907,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/data-2","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"data-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:24:39","modified":"2018-11-19 21:24:39","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":725,"height":676,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","medium-width":280,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","medium_large-width":725,"medium_large-height":676,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","large-width":725,"large-height":676,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","1536x1536-width":725,"1536x1536-height":676,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","2048x2048-width":725,"2048x2048-height":676,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","card_image-width":499,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Data.png","wide_image-width":725,"wide_image-height":676}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

There’s just something marvelous about seeing a table of geographic locations, each with a unique ID (in this case, FIPS code). This means I have a sneaky hook into the world of GIS and all that that enables.<\/p>\n

I added the file to an empty ArcGIS Online map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361141,"id":361141,"title":"1AddTable","filename":"1AddTable.png","filesize":77376,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/1addtable","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"1addtable","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:28:40","modified":"2018-11-19 21:28:40","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":1920,"height":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":102,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":366,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":732,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1AddTable.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

There it is! And it even retained the leading zeros in the county FIPS codes! Bless you.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361151,"id":361151,"title":"2TableInAGO","filename":"2TableInAGO.png","filesize":71367,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/2tableinago","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"2tableinago","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:30:45","modified":"2018-11-19 21:30:45","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":1920,"height":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":102,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":366,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","large-width":1920,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":732,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2TableInAGO.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Now to add the insanely useful data-packed county health rankings layer from the Living Atlas<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361161,"id":361161,"title":"3LivingAtlas","filename":"3LivingAtlas.jpg","filesize":105439,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/3livingatlas","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"3livingatlas","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:31:49","modified":"2018-11-19 21:31:49","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":1920,"height":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":102,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":366,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":732,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3LivingAtlas.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

This layer of US counties also has a FIPS code attribute, so it’s easy to join the two based on this common key…<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361171,"id":361171,"title":"4Join","filename":"4Join.jpg","filesize":183310,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/4join","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"4join","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:42:09","modified":"2018-11-19 21:42:09","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":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":102,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":366,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":732,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4Join.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

…blasting some sunlight right into the counties, creating a new insolation-drenched copy of the county health data.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361181,"id":361181,"title":"5Sunlight","filename":"5Sunlight.jpg","filesize":133845,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/5sunlight","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"5sunlight","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:43:55","modified":"2018-11-19 21:43:55","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":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":102,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":366,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":732,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5Sunlight.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Now all sorts of relationships can be mapped. Here’s an example comparing average sunlight to excessive drinking…<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361191,"id":361191,"title":"6Drinking","filename":"6Drinking.jpg","filesize":175824,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/6drinking","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"6drinking","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:46:41","modified":"2018-11-19 21:46:41","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":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":102,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":366,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":732,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6Drinking.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

And one comparing average sunlight to the number of “physically unhealthy days”…<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361201,"id":361201,"title":"7HealthyDays","filename":"7HealthyDays.jpg","filesize":172976,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/7healthydays","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"7healthydays","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:48:25","modified":"2018-11-19 21:48:25","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":1920,"height":915,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":102,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":221,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":366,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":915,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":732,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":915,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":394,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":915}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/7HealthyDays.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

And if you would rather an equal area projection, as I do, here it is in Ken Field’s minimalist Albers basemap…<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":361211,"id":361211,"title":"Explore","filename":"Explore.png","filesize":63686,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-online\/mapping\/sunshine-on-my-shoulders\/explore","alt":"","author":"6971","description":"","caption":"","name":"explore","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":361081,"date":"2018-11-19 21:50:17","modified":"2018-11-19 21:50:17","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":1222,"height":741,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":129,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","medium-width":430,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":466,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","large-width":1222,"large-height":741,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","1536x1536-width":1222,"1536x1536-height":741,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","2048x2048-width":1222,"2048x2048-height":741,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","card_image-width":767,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Explore.png","wide_image-width":1222,"wide_image-height":741}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/nation.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=a8901e56af90483bb6ef2731d2660443"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Have fun cooking up all sorts of relationship maps<\/a>\u00a0and looking for patterns that might raise questions. And, in general, have fun smooshing data found in the wild up with your ArcGIS Online layers!<\/p>\n

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