![map preview with aerial imagery](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IndexThumbforblogpost-1024x1024.jpg)
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...
![Animated John Snow cholera death map made with Adobe After Effects and ArcGIS Pro and Adobe Illustrator](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/web-portfolio-snow-01.png)
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...
![locations of us post offices in the 50 states](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Blo_01-1024x576.jpg)
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...
![Map of Alaska showing the westernmost part of Alaska add the Pacific Ocean](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Alaska_Sample_826x465.png)
The Font is Ready! BellTopo Sans Fonts Design Complete
About the BellTopo Sans Font I designed the BellTopo Sans font, originally inspired by the typefaces on the antique U.S.G.S....
![Cartoonish Washington state map in semi-nordic style](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/TitleSlide-1024x576.png)
Video is up! Colored Pencil Hillshade
The North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) holds a marvelous annual conference, and this year’s was in Tacoma, Washington just...
![Red River Gorge small map](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/twitter_NewVersion-1-e1573086039407-1024x790.png)
Adobe MAX 2019: Mapping
By the time you are reading this, my colleague John Nelson and I will have presented to a bunch of...
![Colored Pencil hand-drawn map of area in North Cascades](https://www.sarahbellmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BlogFeat_Img.png)
Drawing Color Hillshade: A tutorial (with time lapse videos)
Last year I shared my technique for drawing hillshade with graphite (pencil). Since then, I have explored a few different...