John Nelson
@johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social
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I make posts about making videos about making maps about stuff.
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Helen Czerski
8 months ago
Today is a great day for the ocean! Not only is the new Attenborough Ocean film out today, but I had a sneak peak at the new Great Map at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and it's FABULOUS. A giant Spilhaus projection with beautifully detailed topography. Opens to the public June 7th. 🌊
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More examples and a link to the blog post.
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
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Please don't watch this video about making the Handsome Squidward version of ArcGIS Online maps.
youtu.be/NL2GUU4bRVo
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Hack a Dramatic Portrait Mode Effect for ArcGIS Online
YouTube video by John Nelson Maps
https://youtu.be/NL2GUU4bRVo
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Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta
10 months ago
I return to
@johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social
's Silly Geographic Precision table whenever I see the coordinates in a file I'm trying to make smaller. Latest file was mapping atoms.
uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2013/11/sill...
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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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things I like: the Yuka app
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things i like: the random 3 or 4 days in a Michigan April when it hits 70 degrees and everyone goes a little bit manic.
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I just shared a new video about making that faded inner-ribbon pattern thing in ArcGIS Online and stuff. it's over on the you toobs.
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things i like: the internet circa 2010/11
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Kenneth Field
10 months ago
The
#EsriUC
agenda is out...and there's BIG news for fans of our Map Wizardry workshop. Not only have we got a third offering for the Friday crowd but we got into the plenary hall on Thursday. Thanks to everyone who ever asked for this!!! No pressure at all 🤪
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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.
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things i dislike: jeans in colors other than blue.
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things i like: my authenticator app gives me a two-digit number to access my account. i seem to have an impromptu anecdote for every number, which helps me remember it in the three seconds between seeing it and keying it in.
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things i like: the sound of Bob Ross' palette knife mixing paint.
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things i like: ironically, the amount of my brain's memory locked up with 80s jingles and sitcom intro songs.
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things i like: finding a good deal (like every other Midwesterner).
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
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how to make a seafloor map inspired by Marie Tharp and Heinrich Berann
youtu.be/LNBQ1XZR4Vw
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Make a Seafloor Map like Marie Tharp and Heinrich Berann
YouTube video by John Nelson Maps
https://youtu.be/LNBQ1XZR4Vw
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things i like: the frequent random honking of geese formations overhead as they return north for springtime.
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things i dislike: the ideological bifurcation of the internet.
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🥔🗺️ ᴘᴏᴋᴀᴛᴇᴏ ᴍᴀᴘs
11 months ago
👋 recently hit 3k followers on insta and 2k on here so I wanted to take a sec to say hi and share a lil about me! Feel free to reach out! Drop a hello, send maps, share mappy memes and meme ideas, and tag me in potato related posts. Let’s make the world a mappier, spuddier place! 🥔🗺️
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Andrew Tyrrell
11 months ago
I made one of John Nelson's cutaway diagrams to illustrate LINZ's 3D Coastal Mapping project. It was just a static image, showing Mayor Island/Tūhua, and the nearby seabed. One of our graphic designers animated it & turned it up to 11!
www.linkedin.com/posts/toit%C...
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things i like: when i successfully transfer a gigantic pile of wet laundry from the washer to the dryer without dropping anything on the floor.
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things i like: using chatGPT to quickly geocode a list of 130 place names. thinks i dislike: having to feed it the list piecemeal because it would just give up after 60 or so, and also skip some.
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things i like: deftly avoiding the silt left in the bottom of the mug from French pressed coffee.
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Elena Hartley | Science Illustrator
11 months ago
An atoll illustration I was commissioned for several years ago. I love making slices of geologic features so this was a treat to work on!
#geology
#atoll
#oceanscience
#scienceillustration
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things i like: gigantic piles of fluffy snow.
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things i dislike: the fake baby voice in that liberty mutual commercial
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things i dislike: every map-related news article has a pun in the title. things i like: also this.
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things i dislike: the stickers on building supplies.
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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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Please do not watch this.
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this is a thing you should watch.
youtu.be/hCc0OsyMbQk
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English counties explained
YouTube video by Jay Foreman
https://youtu.be/hCc0OsyMbQk
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Here are global currents in the Spilhaus one-world-ocean map projection.
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Are you a graphic designer and are pondering a commission, but it requires a MAP?? Please do not watch this:
youtu.be/pS3MFoxCsZI
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Download Map Data for Graphic Design
YouTube video by John Nelson Maps
https://youtu.be/pS3MFoxCsZI
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12 months ago
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor...
. In case anyone wants to know how the data was collected
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Tracking Technology: The Science of Finding Whales
Whales can be very hard to find in Earth’s vast seas. NOAA Fisheries’ scientists and partners use a range of technologies and research techniques to locate whales and study their behavior. Some of the...
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/tracking-technology-science-finding-whales#:~:text=“Scientists%20have%20been%20using%20satellite,to%20support%20their%20enormous%20size
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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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Blue whale migration for those gigantic beasts of the North Eastern Atlantic.
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Things I like: copying a tiny bit of code, changing one or two parameters, and it runs! Things I dislike: when it doesn't.
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Thanks
@womeningis.bsky.social
for the opportunity!
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I was genuinely amazed when this worked.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Antonio Vecoli (@tonyveco on X)
12 months ago
💙🔵🧊❄️An oustanding frozen heart shared between Ontario and Michigan: as of Jan 27 LakeSaintClair has iced over almost completely, resulting as a perfect piece of EarthArt⬇️ Latest
#Landsat
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Wouldn't it be cool if my daughter Willow won this art competition?
msufcuart.com/art/raspberr...
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Raspberry and Lime by Willow Nelson – MSUFCU Student Art Exhibit
https://msufcuart.com/art/raspberry-and-lime-by-willow-nelson/
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Here's a blog post for you to consider reading.
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...
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Draw complex polygons in ArcGIS Pro, super fast
Here's how to draw detailed complex polygons in ArcGIS Pro with aplomb!
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/draw-complex-polygons-in-arcgis-pro-super-fast/
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Things I like: liver. Things I dislike: also liver.
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Here's a way to invest 9 minutes of your life in an attempt to recoup heaps of time for future-you. It's about how to draw detailed complex polygons in ArcGIS Pro super fast. And then how to make them look like water because that's fun.
youtu.be/Ab9aqsHj8X8
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Draw Detailed Polygons in ArcGIS Pro, Fast and Easy
YouTube video by John Nelson Maps
https://youtu.be/Ab9aqsHj8X8
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things i like: felted wool overshirts. i've been alternating between a 78°F office and 4° outside and have been comfortable all day in both.
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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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things i dislike: pharmaceutical advertising
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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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