There are some ArcGIS users that export their maps to an Adobe format so a graphic artist can finish it up. Now inside Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator you can import data-driven maps with ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud. Check out the video below and read the Seattle Times case study.
Reminds me of my digitizing days!
If you have been making maps for a long time, then you remember ink on mylar, Leroy lettering sets, and adhesive-backed screentones like Zip-A-Tone and Letraset.
Now replaced with computer techniques, check out these five production processes in map making that are no longer in use.
Registration for the CalGIS 2020 conference in Long Beach next year is now open. Check out their website and register today!
Twenty years ago, Ralph Nader suggested to Jack Dangermond that GIS deserved its own day as a means for outreach, celebration, and awareness building. Read more about it here.
Happy GIS Day to all those that are celebrating GIS Day!
The Mapping Indigenous Los Angeles project from the University of California Los Angeles is creating a series of story maps that bring together a variety of stakeholders to help highlight “multiple layers” of diversity and identity. At the heart of the site are the story maps themselves, which unfold to reveal the complex history of place and the Indigenous peoples who have helped shape and been shaped by them. The story maps vary in length and depth, but all feature a variety of text, photos, podcasts, and other materials that help viewers immerse themselves in the subject matter and deepen their understanding. Check it out!
GIS Day 2019 is almost upon us. If you have an event and want to get the word out, send an announcement request through the About page and I will get it posted right away.
Here is one for the City of Irvine. They are celebrating GIS Day on November 14.
The big one at LA County will happen on November 13.
GIS Day will be celebrated at a number of colleges like: Pierce College, CSUN, and USC.
Channel Islands Regional GIS Collaborative (CIRGIS) will have GIS Day on December 6 at Ventura College. The keynote speaker will be Michael Goodchild.
Also make sure to register your event on the GIS Day website.
If you use QGIS version 3, you have the ability to add Google Maps layers to your map. The Google Maps layers are really Tile Map Services (TMS). The following is an example showing how to add Google Maps to QGIS.
If you work with GIS in a local government, you usually do not get to try out some of those more interesting map projections. If you deal with world data, then you might get to use them. Like this one, the Rectified Skew Orthomorphic:
With ArcGIS 10.7.1 and ArcGIS Pro 2.4, you have access to 68 unique map projection algorithms and another 30 variations, 98 in total! Check out this story map showing a gallery of the 68 supported map projections, from Aitoff to Winkel Tripel.
CGIA has posted that there are two new NASA ARSET training webinars that you can attend if you are interested. One is “New Sensor Highlight: ECOSTRESS” and the other is “SAR for Disasters and Hydrological Applications”. Visit the CGIA website for more information about these webinars.
Just a reminder that the ESRI Ocean and Atmospheric GIS Forum will be starting tomorrow.
In February and March 2020, you can enjoy the CalGIS conference, Geodesign Summit, and ESRI Developer Summit. Check out all conferences from the GIS/Mapping Conferences page.
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