Maps help us understand our world relative to our varied needs and interests. Our goal is your success in creating and sharing maps with ArcGIS.
Web Maps are online maps that are ready-to-use gateways to useful information that anyone can create, save, and share at ArcGIS.com. Intelligent Web Maps are useful information products that are easy to access and use.
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The stories maps tell can be simple, like your opinion on why your town is a great place to live; significant news, like the results of a scientific analysis; or a useful service, like a tour.
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The content behind intelligent web maps is produced by hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom use ArcGIS to do that work. Publishing that content to make intelligent web maps is a skill and sometimes an art form.
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Web maps can be imbedded into simple browser pages, blogs, and even highly custom applications that work on all kinds of devices from smart phones to kiosks. This example used one of the predefined HTML templates available on ArcGIS Online.
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People like nice things and that's fundamentally why maps with visual appeal that communicate in elegant terms are better.
Read more...Attention Community Map Contributors! There will be a User Software Applications Fair at this year’s Esri International User Conference. The submission deadline is June 21, 2013. In order to participate, you will need to register for the conference. The application categories are … Continue reading
Every time an election occurs, maps become a key component in telling the story, but what type of map best tells the story of the winners and losers? Red/blue choropleths? Areas shaded in an array of purples? Value by alpha … Continue reading
Visual specifications – what are they and where would I use them, you may ask? Many of you might have symbology and labeling standards for maintaining consistency in your map products. Visual specifications is a tool available in Esri Production … Continue reading
By Aileen Buckley, Esri Professional Cartographer The demonstration that I gave at the 2013 AAG Annual Meeting has an associated PowerPoint presentation that you can now download. The Mapping Flow Data presentation is about 16 MB because it has videos. Topics … Continue reading
Last weekend Esri joined forces with Airbnb, the City of San Francisco’s Mayor’s Office of Innovation, and GAFFTA to put on the Discover SF Hackathon. This event brought together designers, developers, and entrepreneurs to hack the urban experience by promoting … Continue reading
