{"id":67261,"date":"2015-04-08T10:02:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T10:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/maps-we-love-how-to-make-great-maps-that-engage-and-inspire\/"},"modified":"2018-05-25T23:21:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T23:21:01","slug":"maps-we-love-how-to-make-great-maps-that-engage-and-inspire","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/mapping\/mapping\/maps-we-love-how-to-make-great-maps-that-engage-and-inspire","title":{"rendered":"Maps We Love: How to make great maps that engage and inspire"},"author":6331,"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":[23201,37111],"industry":[],"product":[36551,36561],"class_list":["post-67261","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-cartographic-design","tag-maps-we-love","product-arcgis-online","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"You don\u2019t have to be a cartographer to know that maps are everywhere. The demand for maps has never been greater\u2013most people use maps...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-48070 noIMGBackground\" style=\"margin: 15px;border: 10px solid white\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2020\/04\/thumbnail-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>You don\u2019t have to be a cartographer to know that maps are everywhere. The demand for maps has never been greater\u2013most people use maps every day and they want them to go beyond functional. Whether it\u2019s finding simple directions or detecting oil spill patterns, people want maps to help them understand things. They want maps to appear instantly, across devices. People want maps to be attractive as well as informative.<\/p>\n<p>But, what makes a good map? How can we engage people with a map? How do you make a map that offers unexpected insights or even captivating beauty? We have been working on something at Esri that we hope will answer these questions: <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/products\/maps-we-love\">Maps\u00a0We Love<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Maps We Love is an ongoing project where you will see the best of what\u2019s possible with ArcGIS. This is where you come for the inspiration, ideas, and information you need to turn your data into a brilliant map. We give you a behind-the-scenes look at important steps, plus resources (lots of links) so you can dig deeper into these topics. 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