{"id":453202,"date":"2019-03-18T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=453202"},"modified":"2019-03-18T09:08:36","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:08:36","slug":"exaggerate-your-perspective-view","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view","title":{"rendered":"Exaggerate your Perspective View"},"author":7411,"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":[25781,351112,351092,351082,24401],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-453202","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-3d","tag-desert","tag-illumination","tag-perspective-view","tag-terrain","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"Use ArcGIS Pro to create dramatic perspective views of a landscape with vertical exaggeration.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

When you look at the world around you, you don’t see it the same way that a camera does. Rather, you see it through the filter of your emotions. Often, I\u2019ll take a photo of a flower and think it looked much more vibrant in real life<\/em>. Or I\u2019ll take a photo of some mountains and think they seemed a lot taller when I was there<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In art, colors and proportions are often exaggerated in ways that the viewer doesn’t notice. In making a less accurate depiction<\/em>, the artist creates a more accurate impression<\/em>. If the goal of your map is to express the feeling of a place, then you might want to act like an artist, and exaggerate a little.<\/p>\n

I recently did some hiking along the Amargosa River at the very southern edge of Death Valley National Park. This is an intermittent river that only flows above ground after heavy rains, and it was a delight to see.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453212,"id":453212,"title":"photo","filename":"photo.png","filesize":171522,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/photo","alt":"Photo of the Amargosa River","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"photo","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:19:16","modified":"2019-03-08 02:19:44","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":600,"height":450,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","medium-width":348,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":450,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","large-width":600,"large-height":450,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":450,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":450,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","card_image-width":600,"card_image-height":450,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/photo.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":450}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

I was interested in mapping the entire course of the Amargosa, from its sources in Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, to its terminus in Badwater Basin in California. In a place with so little water, this river has a real romance to it, so I wanted this map to express some more feeling than normal. A 3D perspective view seemed like just the thing.<\/p>\n

Here’s how you can do it too.<\/p>\n

In ArcGIS Pro, make a global scene and zoom to your area of interest. Switch the basemap to Terrain with Labels <\/strong>and pan the map to get a perspective view.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453222,"id":453222,"title":"start","filename":"start.png","filesize":185150,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/start","alt":"Perspective view map with terrain basemap","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"start","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:20:29","modified":"2019-03-16 01:46:08","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":601,"height":601,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start.png","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start.png","medium_large-width":601,"medium_large-height":601,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start.png","large-width":601,"large-height":601,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start.png","1536x1536-width":601,"1536x1536-height":601,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start.png","2048x2048-width":601,"2048x2048-height":601,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start-465x465.png","card_image-width":465,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/start.png","wide_image-width":601,"wide_image-height":601}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

I’ve also added the river feature, which I extracted from the Living Atlas layer USA Rivers and Streams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This view is not particularly exciting. When I was hiking I recall that the Panamint Mountains were far more impressive.<\/p>\n

On the Contents <\/strong>pane, select Ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453232,"id":453232,"title":"ground","filename":"ground.png","filesize":3215,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/ground","alt":"The Contents pane with Ground selected beneath Elevation Surfaces","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"ground","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:21:26","modified":"2019-03-08 02:21:50","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":237,"height":255,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","medium-width":237,"medium-height":255,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","medium_large-width":237,"medium_large-height":255,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","large-width":237,"large-height":255,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","1536x1536-width":237,"1536x1536-height":255,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","2048x2048-width":237,"2048x2048-height":255,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","card_image-width":237,"card_image-height":255,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/ground.png","wide_image-width":237,"wide_image-height":255}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

On the ribbon, on the Appearance <\/strong>tab, play with the Vertical Exaggeration<\/strong> control. I set mine to 5.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453242,"id":453242,"title":"vertical-exaggeration","filename":"vertical-exaggeration.png","filesize":5784,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/vertical-exaggeration","alt":"Vertical Exaggeration set to 5 on the ribbon","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"vertical-exaggeration","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:22:16","modified":"2019-03-08 02:22:34","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":537,"height":152,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":131,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","medium_large-width":537,"medium_large-height":152,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","large-width":537,"large-height":152,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","1536x1536-width":537,"1536x1536-height":152,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","2048x2048-width":537,"2048x2048-height":152,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","card_image-width":537,"card_image-height":152,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vertical-exaggeration.png","wide_image-width":537,"wide_image-height":152}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Now we have something more exciting:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453252,"id":453252,"title":"5","filename":"5.png","filesize":216346,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/5-6","alt":"Perspective view map with the terrain exaggerated to make the mountains look taller","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"5-6","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:22:58","modified":"2019-03-16 01:45:39","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":600,"height":601,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5.png","medium-width":261,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5.png","medium_large-width":600,"medium_large-height":601,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5.png","large-width":600,"large-height":601,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5.png","1536x1536-width":600,"1536x1536-height":601,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5.png","2048x2048-width":600,"2048x2048-height":601,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5-464x465.png","card_image-width":464,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/03\/5.png","wide_image-width":600,"wide_image-height":601}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Open the Catalog <\/strong>pane to the Portal <\/strong>tab. Under Living Atlas<\/strong>, search for elevation<\/em>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453282,"id":453282,"title":"catalog","filename":"catalog.png","filesize":6982,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/catalog-4","alt":"Search for elevation in the Living Atlas on the Catalog pane","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"catalog-4","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:28:38","modified":"2019-03-16 01:42:02","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":298,"height":443,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","medium-width":176,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","medium_large-width":298,"medium_large-height":443,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","large-width":298,"large-height":443,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","1536x1536-width":298,"1536x1536-height":443,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","2048x2048-width":298,"2048x2048-height":443,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","card_image-width":298,"card_image-height":443,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/catalog.png","wide_image-width":298,"wide_image-height":443}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

There are lots of useful things here, including multidirectional hillshades and aspect maps.<\/p>\n

Drag the Terrain <\/strong>imagery layer onto your map. (You can also find it on ArcGIS Online)<\/a><\/p>\n

This is elevation data for the entire world<\/em>, so it takes some time to draw. Also, it is very dark, because the color ramp is stretched between elevation values covering the entire world.<\/p>\n

The best way to deal with this is to export a raster that only covers your area of interest. (To map faster, export raster!) But first you need to define your area of interest.<\/p>\n

On the ribbon, on the Insert<\/strong> tab, choose New Map<\/strong>. Defining an area of interest is easier to do in 2D than 3D.<\/p>\n

Also on the Insert<\/strong> tab of the ribbon, choose Polygon Map Notes<\/strong> to add a new blank feature class to your map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453302,"id":453302,"title":"notes","filename":"notes.png","filesize":6712,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/notes","alt":"Polygon Map Notes found in the Map Notes gallery on the ribbon","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"notes","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:33:30","modified":"2019-03-08 02:33:53","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":595,"height":181,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":141,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","medium_large-width":595,"medium_large-height":181,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","large-width":595,"large-height":181,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","1536x1536-width":595,"1536x1536-height":181,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","2048x2048-width":595,"2048x2048-height":181,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","card_image-width":595,"card_image-height":181,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/notes.png","wide_image-width":595,"wide_image-height":181}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

On the Edit <\/strong>tab of the ribbon you can launch the Create Features<\/strong> pane, and draw a polygon that covers the extent of your 3D scene. In order to catch all of the mountains in the distance, the polygon will probably have to be a lot larger than you think.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":453312,"id":453312,"title":"2d","filename":"2d.png","filesize":125974,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-pro\/mapping\/exaggerate-your-perspective-view\/2d","alt":"A trapezoid shaped polygon on a 2D map","author":"7411","description":"","caption":"","name":"2d","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":453202,"date":"2019-03-08 02:34:30","modified":"2019-03-08 02:35:28","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":415,"height":429,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","medium-width":252,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","medium_large-width":415,"medium_large-height":429,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","large-width":415,"large-height":429,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","1536x1536-width":415,"1536x1536-height":429,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","2048x2048-width":415,"2048x2048-height":429,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","card_image-width":415,"card_image-height":429,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2d.png","wide_image-width":415,"wide_image-height":429}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

Add the polygon to your global scene, in the 2D Layers<\/strong> category of the Contents<\/strong> pane.<\/p>\n

You can use a layout to make sure the polygon covers everything in your map area.<\/p>\n