{"id":80911,"date":"2017-12-12T13:34:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/product\/uncategorized\/absurd-paper-maps-in-pro\/"},"modified":"2018-03-26T21:15:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T21:15:42","slug":"absurd-paper-maps-in-pro","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/mapping\/mapping\/absurd-paper-maps-in-pro","title":{"rendered":"Absurd Paper Maps in Pro"},"author":6971,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941,22771,23051],"tags":[23201,26451,32331,24981,22821,27911],"industry":[],"product":[36561],"class_list":["post-80911","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","category-natural-resources","category-water","tag-cartographic-design","tag-cartography","tag-how-to","tag-hydro","tag-oceans-and-maritime","tag-tutorial","product-arcgis-pro"],"acf":{"short_description":"\n\nSometimes I find myself trolling Etsy for gift ideas, and I inevitably end up seeing hosts of amazing minimalist stacked paper-cut maps...","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GreatLakesPaperCutPhotograph.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91343 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GreatLakesPaperCutPhotograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1136\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I find myself trolling Etsy for gift ideas, and I inevitably end up seeing hosts of amazing minimalist stacked paper-cut maps. Just lovely. If you don&#8217;t know what I&#8217;m talking about, then <a title=\"Just promise you'll come back and learn how to make the digital versions of these things...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS751US751&amp;biw=1080&amp;bih=1814&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;ei=4TMwWpCzC6HMjwSXorWwAw&amp;q=papercut+lake+maps&amp;oq=papercut+lake+maps&amp;gs_l=psy-ab.3...3908.3908.0.4109.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.0.0....0.MWqlEEKSqYs\" target=\"_blank\">feast your eyes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, being the human being that I am, I want to avoid this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91344 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Fingers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"372\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In favor of this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91345 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Turns out, the <a title=\"Get ready to live...\" href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/symbols-and-styles\/symbol-layers.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Symbol Layers<\/a> feature in ArcGIS Pro makes it mega-easy. You just need a ton of Symbol Layers. That&#8217;s a challenge that I readily accept. Before we get rolling, here is the result&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to embiggen...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GreatLakesPaperCutSmall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91351 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GreatLakesPaperCutSmall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"1941\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1>HOW<\/h1>\n<p>I find the best way of learning a process or program is to crack open something someone else has made, and walk it backwards to see how it was accomplished. If you are like me, then, you may want to just stop reading right now and <a title=\"64MB. Not bad. A handfull of bathymetry layers and some texture images.\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3fd65d7494c64c82b5c85a7d2d97e5e0\" target=\"_blank\">download my Pro project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re <a title=\"It's worth it.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T1XgFsitnQw\" target=\"_blank\">still here<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Ok, <a title=\"Cringe-worthy, but, you know, be bold...\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Mtw7-_UG5uM?list=PLcBEhOBZvhcbCmudmUFhSJxqfitpt9Jpo&amp;t=83\" target=\"_blank\">as is my way<\/a>, I gathered some handy texture images, since there&#8217;s no better way to get a realistic looking map than to use real objects.<\/p>\n<p>I took a photo of some watercolor paper I have <a title=\"Doing Christmas on the cheap this year...\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/John_M_Nelson\/status\/938227416459350016\" target=\"_blank\">laying around<\/a>. Then I made a handful of colorized\u00a0repeatable textures in a gradient that looked pretty watery to me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Papers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91346 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Papers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"1115\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And I grabbed my favorite little image that <a title=\"Check it...\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.esri.com\/esri\/arcgis\/2017\/11\/07\/mega-easy-coastal-stipple-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\">I use all over the place<\/a> for adding texture to map fills and lines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Stipple.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91347 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Stipple.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"With great paper comes great responsibility...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/qf1eb5ro59ncn0f\/GreatLakesPaperCut_Textures.zip?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> is a zip file you can download with all these images in it. Feel free to use them all over the place for your maps. Go bananas.<\/p>\n<p>And I applied these images to <a title=\"With generalized bathymetry comes generalized responsibility...\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/a03lzf2cujxs2j4\/GeneralizedGreatLakesBathymetry.zip?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a> set of bathymetric filled contours I made from Great Lakes DEMS.<\/p>\n<p>Alright, let&#8217;s roll up those sleeves and start cramming in a bunch of symbol layers.<\/p>\n<h1>SYMBOL LAYERS<\/h1>\n<p>In ArcGIS Pro, you can stack up all manner of symbol layers to represent your point, line, or polygon. For these fake paper maps, I&#8217;ve made 11 symbol layers to represent one shapefile. Yes, 11. When it comes to feathering reality, go big or go home.<\/p>\n<p>By default, the symbol layers for a polygon are a solid fill and a solid stroke. Like this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Default.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91348 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Default.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1020\" height=\"890\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But if you are adventurous, and wonder what that little wrench is up there in the Symbology panel, give it a click. Unspeakable pleasures await you.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the structure tab. You can add (&#8220;Add symbol layer&#8221; button) or duplicate (the clipboard icon) all sorts of graphical layers to represent one single map layer. That&#8217;s how people handle road casing, and stuff, but I prefer to do less practical things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Structure.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91349 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Structure.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"356\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I added what turned out to be 11 symbol layers. The topmost layers replicate the slight raised edge of cut paper, then there is the colored watercolor paper layer, then a bunch of layers to replicate a cast shadow. Let&#8217;s dive in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Here is the baseline symbol layer. It&#8217;s the paper. This is a &#8220;fill layer&#8221; and I linked to one of my watercolor paper swatches, made it &#8220;picture&#8221; quality, and gave it a size of 160pt (because it looked best to me at that size)&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91350 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I set to work making this thing look like it was casting a shadow. I added a &#8220;stroke layer&#8221; and used a speckly image (tinted black) to surround the paper with a textury shadow&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91352 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That was ok, but the heavy lifting comes into play when I added a &#8220;stroke layer&#8221; and gave it a gradient stroke. Did you know you could do that? You can, and it rules! If you give the inner color an semi-transparent black and the outer color a fully-transparent black, you get a decent drop shadow, especially if you add a &#8220;move&#8221; option and nudge it over and down&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91353 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I added another &#8220;stroke layer&#8221; using the speckly image again, but this time I moved it to the lower right, like I did the gradient stroke, above. Now we&#8217;re getting into some workable dropshadow territory&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91354 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then I did it again, &#8220;moved&#8221; down and over by a greater distance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91355 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And again, by an even greater distance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91356 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then to really punch it home, I gave it another &#8220;fill layer&#8221; and set the color to 90% transparent black, nudged down and over by 3 pts. You should know, I&#8217;m tirelessly committed to realistic drop shadows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91357 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, that&#8217;s enough for the dropshadow. After all these layers, my machine was running pretty hot. Let&#8217;s focus on creating a little raised lip effect around the edge of the paper. When I look at cut\/stacked cardstock like this, it has a little emboss around the edge, where the press cut down and slightly frayed the fibers. Yes, things are getting pretty serious. Here&#8217;s a &#8220;stroke layer&#8221; of the trusty speckly image, given a dark tint, with an inset of a few pixels&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91358 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then a few more &#8220;stroke layers&#8221; with a light speckly image right at the lip of the paper&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91359 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1040\" height=\"888\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trust me, it&#8217;s more exhausting to type\/read this than it is to actually make it. So take heart. Because when you <a title=\"Super-convenient...\" href=\"http:\/\/pro.arcgis.com\/en\/pro-app\/help\/mapping\/symbols-and-styles\/import-symbology-from-another-layer.htm\" target=\"_blank\">apply this symbology<\/a> to the other bathymetric layers, and just give each one a darker colored paper image, commensurate with depth, then tactile magic washes before your eyes!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"I'm always tempted to make a Pro\/project pun. I restrain, generally.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ProComplete.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91360 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ProComplete.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1040\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks pretty convincing, right? Especially when I hack a little tilt shift on it to make it look like a photograph&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GreatLakesPaperCutSmall.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-91343 noIMGBackground\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GreatLakesPaperCutPhotograph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1136\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, give image textures and symbol layers a shot. Again, <a title=\"Have at it, my friend...\" href=\"https:\/\/nation.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=3fd65d7494c64c82b5c85a7d2d97e5e0\" target=\"_blank\">here&#8217;s a link<\/a> if you want to download this Pro project. If you wield these terrible cartographic powers, I&#8217;d be honored and excited if you shared the results here in the comments. Making maps is fun, sharing maps you made is funner.<\/p>\n<p>Happy Mapping! <a title=\"Mostly work stuff. Also pseudo-random stuff...\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/John_M_Nelson\" target=\"_blank\">John<\/a><\/p>\n"}],"authors":[{"ID":6971,"user_firstname":"John","user_lastname":"Nelson","nickname":"John Nelson","user_nicename":"j_nelson","display_name":"John Nelson","user_email":"John_Nelson@esri.com","user_url":"http:\/\/www.adventuresinmapping.com","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:05","user_description":"I have far too much fun looking for ways to understand and present data visually, hopefully driving product strategy and engaging users. I work in the ArcGIS Living Atlas team at Esri, pushing and pulling data in all sorts of absurd ways and then sharing the process. I also design user experiences for maps and apps.\r\nWhen I'm not doing those things, I'm chasing around toddlers and wrangling chickens, and generally getting into other ad-hoc adventures. 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