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After Effects | Animation | Cartography | Climbing

Animated Flyover Map in ArcGIS Pro and Adobe After Effects

Building maps often requires multiple software applications. In fact, I cannot recall a map that I’ve made in the last decade that did not include using at least two different applications. For this map, I created a flyover animation in ArcGIS Pro. I then imported the animation (mp4) into Adobe After Effects, where I added… Read More »Animated Flyover Map in ArcGIS Pro and Adobe After Effects

Animated John Snow cholera death map made with Adobe After Effects and ArcGIS Pro and Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator | Animation | Cartography | Uncategorized

Reimagining the John Snow Cholera Map with Animation

Last week marked Esri’s annual User Conference in San Diego, and what a conference it was! It’s always fun to see geospatial friends and meet new ones. Part of my time at this year’s gathering was spent presenting alongside Kenneth Field and John Nelson for our talk entitled “Designing Thematic Maps.” This year, Ken had… Read More »Reimagining the John Snow Cholera Map with Animation

Slide of Globe rendered as 3D-esque
Adobe Illustrator | Cartography | graphic design | Tutorials

3D Shading & Rendering in Illustrator: A Globe

In a few quick steps, you can give a circle-shaped vector path a 3D-rendered appearance in Adobe Illustrator. I’m a cartographer – I make maps. So in the video posted below, I will use this technique on a globe of Earth. However, any graphic designer can use the video’s techniques for any time they want… Read More »3D Shading & Rendering in Illustrator: A Globe

High Alpine typeface preview
Fonts

The High Alpine typeface is available now!

High Alpine Semibold has an unapologetically high ascender with no accompanying adjustment to the x-height. The descender was kept rather short as well, allowing uppercase to maintain its towering command. For moments when you designers feel like reaching ultimate heights, I’ve added many alternative characters; uppercase crossbarred characters have alternatives with daringly high crossbars, and stemmed lowercase characters have longer-stemmed alternatives. Many further glyphs are included with this font to accommodate multiple languages.

locations of us post offices in the 50 states
Cartography

A Glimpse of the USPS Landscape with Maps

By the time I publish this, I will have just finished presenting at the 40th annual North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) conference. NACIS is a large community of map enthusiasts who meet once a year to share and learn about cartography projects. This year’s conference is being held virtually due to the current pandemic crisis.… Read More »A Glimpse of the USPS Landscape with Maps