{"id":510732,"date":"2019-06-26T08:46:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T15:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=510732"},"modified":"2019-06-26T15:32:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T22:32:14","slug":"watercolour-map","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/mapping\/watercolour-map","title":{"rendered":"Watercolour Map"},"author":4551,"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":[33541,413622,413612],"industry":[],"product":[],"class_list":["post-510732","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-vector-basemaps","tag-watercolor","tag-watercolour"],"acf":{"short_description":"Come play with this new Watercolour map.","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>Have you ever felt like you were destined to do something? With this map, I felt a calling. A faint whisper at first. But\u2014surely as a clock ticks\u2014that whisper has grown. For as long as I have enjoyed making maps, I have particularly enjoyed watercolour maps. Easily, a watercolour map would be among my favourite map types. They make me smile, so what more could you ask for?<\/p>\n<p>I am pleased to introduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=21812b28afea4091bc57472297aa73d4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watercolour<\/a>, the newest map in the Esri basemap collection.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":540062,"id":540062,"title":"Watercolour","filename":"Watercolour.png","filesize":645950,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/mapping\/watercolour-map\/watercolour","alt":"Watercolour","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"watercolour","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":510732,"date":"2019-06-25 17:06:37","modified":"2019-06-25 17:06:54","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":1161,"height":753,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour.png","medium-width":402,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":498,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour.png","large-width":1161,"large-height":753,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour.png","1536x1536-width":1161,"1536x1536-height":753,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour.png","2048x2048-width":1161,"2048x2048-height":753,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour-717x465.png","card_image-width":717,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Watercolour.png","wide_image-width":1161,"wide_image-height":753}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=21812b28afea4091bc57472297aa73d4"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>INSPIRATION<\/h3>\n<p>Inspiration is magical. I can&#8217;t think of anything created in a vacuum. There are too many watercolor map artists to mention, but over the years I&#8217;ve tried to take mental notes on their work to build a catalogue of things I liked.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside, I can&#8217;t tell you how many great winery and travel maps are painted so beautifully. I am also very drawn to fantasy maps, and the watercolour skill in that genre is phenomenal. I would be remiss if I didn&#8217;t mention the awe-inspiring Stamen watercolor map. It still looks fresh to this day and is one of my favourites. I took inspiration from architectural plans, which are so often painted in watercolour. So are golf course maps. Those are some of my favourite, including one in particular, but I will get back to that later.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>TECHNICALITIES<\/h3>\n<p>This map is made up of 64 painted images. What a task. I loved every minute of it, but it was slow going at first. Because I was gearing up for this map over such a long period, I even took watercolour painting classes to build up my skills. Funnily enough, it wasn&#8217;t until I watched my children paint that I found some of the techniques I had been searching for.<\/p>\n<p>Once a colour scheme was chosen, the process went a little quicker. As I said, this map has been on my mind for a long time and is probably my fourth official attempt. Painting the watercolour swatches was great, but making them seamless repeating textures was almost as enjoyable. I spent a long time on this phase, as I wanted them to look right.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>ARCGIS VECTOR TILE STYLE EDITOR<\/h3>\n<p>I designed almost the entire map in the <a href=\"https:\/\/developers.arcgis.com\/vector-tile-style-editor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArcGIS Vector Tile Style Editor<\/a>. It was probably the game changer that I didn&#8217;t know I was waiting for. If you haven&#8217;t used it, you really should give it a minute. I don&#8217;t think I can stress enough how important it was in the creation of this map.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>INSPIRATION &amp; COMMUNITY MAP EDITOR<\/h3>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, a certain golf course map has inspired me over the years. It is from the golf course in Osoyoos (pronounced O-soo-yuss), British Columbia. Growing up, I spent all my summers in that town. One day my uncle came up to me, pointed at the golf course map on the wall, and said, &#8220;Have you ever looked at that map?&#8221; I had, but then he added, &#8220;Do you know who the first member of the club was?&#8221; I looked through the names on the wall, and there it was\u2014my grandfather. Audrey from the club graciously took a picture for me.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":512502,"id":512502,"title":"Osoyoos Golf Course","filename":"Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","filesize":162602,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/mapping\/watercolour-map\/osoyoos-golf-course","alt":"Osoyoos Golf Course","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"osoyoos-golf-course","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":510732,"date":"2019-05-21 21:20:38","modified":"2019-05-21 21:20:48","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":1200,"height":900,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","medium-width":348,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":900,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":900,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":900,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course-620x465.jpg","card_image-width":620,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Osoyoos-Golf-Course.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":900}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":512512,"id":512512,"title":"Grandpa Jones","filename":"Grandpa-Jones.jpg","filesize":136197,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/mapping\/watercolour-map\/grandpa-jones","alt":"Grandpa Jones","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"grandpa-jones","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":510732,"date":"2019-05-21 21:21:03","modified":"2019-05-21 21:21:13","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":1200,"height":900,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones.jpg","medium-width":348,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones.jpg","large-width":1200,"large-height":900,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones.jpg","1536x1536-width":1200,"1536x1536-height":900,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones.jpg","2048x2048-width":1200,"2048x2048-height":900,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones-620x465.jpg","card_image-width":620,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grandpa-Jones.jpg","wide_image-width":1200,"wide_image-height":900}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p>But this story has a point besides nostalgia. Beyond this map&#8217;s having extra meaning for me and beyond its being one of my early inspirations, I wanted to show off this golf course in my map. The problem was, the golf course wasn&#8217;t in our data. However, that didn&#8217;t remain a problem long. I jumped over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/communitymaps.arcgis.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Map Editor<\/a> and digitized the course. Now, if you haven&#8217;t used this editor either, it is a game changer too.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<h3>THE TOUR<\/h3>\n<p>Making this map has been a wonderful journey. I&#8217;d really like to thank all the teams here at Esri who have helped me along the way\u2014without their help, this would still be just a whisper in my ear. I hope you enjoy it at least half as much as I have enjoyed making it and I can&#8217;t wait to see how you use it.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude, I want to take you on a tour.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":510802,"id":510802,"title":"Watercolour World view","filename":"World-view.png","filesize":227363,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2019\/05\/World-view.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/mapping\/watercolour-map\/world-view","alt":"Watercolour World view","author":"4551","description":"","caption":"","name":"world-view","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":510732,"date":"2019-05-17 22:22:23","modified":"2019-05-17 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