LocationCon 2017

Posted by in ArcMap, Design, GIS, Illustrator, InDesign, Labeling, Mapbook, Symbology

Download my slides from LocationCon in Oakland, CA 5/24/2017 at the link below. Workflow and Design of an Emergency Flood Response Mapbook [360MB] More content to come…

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Quick and Easy Custom Google Earth Legends

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Quick and Easy Custom Google Earth Legends

Here’s a system to rapidly create nice looking Google Earth legends. I’m going to start assuming an already existing kml and known legend items. The data in this example was compiled and converted to Google Earth in ArcMap using the native conversion tools. The legend is initially composed in ArcMap and copy/pasted into illustrator. I’m […]

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NACIS 2016

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NACIS 2016

Here’s the video of the presentation with slide/content from my original post below. Thanks to NACIS and the PCD coordinators for recording & processing the video and facilitating all the presentations. I presented a workflow using ArcMap, Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign this year at NACIS. Below is each slide image and video I used in my […]

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Write ArcMap Layers to Text File with Python

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This script came in real handy for creating the start of a quick reference requested by a client who wanted a list of all layers in a few map documents with a description of the layer, how it was made and where it came from. The client’s custom set of metadata was streamlined with the […]

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Python to batch generate QR codes

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Python to batch generate QR codes

This is an overview of a script I developed utilizing python urllib, google’s chart api, and NOAA’s live stream monitoring charts. I created this proof of concept for a paper map that includes some graphic labels for stream monitoring stations, including a QR code that can be scanned to bring up the live chart for the stream […]

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