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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

More examples and a link to the blog post. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I'll be at in London May 12 for a 1/2 day cartography workshop hosted by @esriuk.bsky.social. If you'd like to spend a half-day of your allotted time on this earth nerding out on map making with me, here are some details. store.esriuk.com/product/arcg...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

i like to kick things off with an existential crisis

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

whoa, just had a crazy idea for getting faded inner hatched ribbons for polygons in ArcGIS Online and it totally worked! now, to try to get back to my original objectives today.

map with red border and faded hatched fill around the interior perimeter

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

things i like: gigantic piles of fluffy snow.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

thanks Aaron! adding a legend now.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

i was asked by folks to do more with small-scale map resources so i've been tinkering with this strip, or ribbon, map of a stretch of the Red Cedar River.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Here are global currents in the Spilhaus one-world-ocean map projection.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

13. Apply the theme you made and review! Get ready to live.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

12. You can make your own color/font theme. Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

11. Let readers come up for air between sections. Time for summaries and segues. Too much media in a row gets tedious.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

10. Consider ending a tour with a return to the overall area of interest.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

9. Just a handful, with a bit of interesting commentary about each.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

8. Show off the places of special interest, or some of the extremes.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

6. Now that we have context, time for those map layers.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

5. Ok, zoom in on your area of interest.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

4. Set the geographic stage first. Provide context.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

3. Kicking off a narrative. Not so fast on the maps yet. Ok then a map, but make sure it's a big cool "sidecar" format.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

2. Set up your story's splash screen.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Here's how to make a nice little StoryMap. Find free photography, do some map choreography, and make a custom theme. 1. Snag some cool Unsplash photos

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Blue whale migration for those gigantic beasts of the North Eastern Atlantic. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

This is fun, a kajillion years ago I made a map of hurricanes for National Geographic magazine. They asked for digital assets to use in an animated version but I never saw it. Just stumbled on it now!

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Here's a thing about the Lord of the Rings-like illustration style for ArcGIS Pro. Lots of styles, including this one, at esriurl.com/nelsonstyles. Get em before they're history. And history becomes legend. Legend becomes myth.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Did not expect this this morning.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This Tuesday, January 14, I'll be hosting a 2.5 hour cartography workshop with @womeningis.bsky.social. It's free to members and anyone can be a member.

migration map of the eastern whip-poor-will

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

things i like: the pitched squeak of snow on sidewalks when the temperature is under 10°f

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I got this new plant for the office. Normally monstera's fenestrated leaves gross me out, but I'm going to try to overcome it. I'll keep you all posted on my personal progress. And the plant's.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Here are a few of my favorite illustrations about projections I made for @kennethfield.bsky.social's book, Cartography. www.amazon.com/Cartography-...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Construction of the Beijing Daxing International Airport, 2015-2019. Link to animation: livingatlas.arcgis.com/landsatexplo...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

If you grow weary of my nasally midwestern voice, try it out dubbed in any of these languages.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

YouTube's "inspiration" suggestion formula is to tack three more words to a title I've already used and then generate the most AI thumbnail possible.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

I just learned I forgot the 2022 ornament (since remedied) in my roundup (more like round-down amirite?), which is this one. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Drought Aware shows 25 years of drought: Its severity, extent, proportion, trend, related rivers, and human impact. Please do not watch this video, below:

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Ope, lemme just sneak this blog post by ya real quick. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Looking forward to a workshop this January with @womeningis.bsky.social members! We'll nerd out on making a map together. Here's the link: womeningis.wildapricot.org/event-5956649

Women in GIS poster for a workshop hosted by John Nelson

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Here are 5 globe ornament crafts for you to consider for your work party or classroom project or just for funzies. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The stats are in. The most popular part of this video was when I mysteriously switched shirts.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Update on the Red Cedar River map-in-progress. Next is labeling, distance markers, launches/portages, and some print layouts. Looking forward to the next steps.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Vignette makes a big difference.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

In the early stages of a river map. I didn't like the full (even mostly masked out) street network so I'm only showing bridges (because river). Using point symbols and a rotation. Having fun so far.

ArcGIS Pro map of the Red Cedar River in an incomplete state of creation.

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