Mapping with ArcGIS Pro Design accurate and user-friendly maps to share the story of your data Amy Rock Ryan Malhoski BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI Mapping with ArcGIS Pro Copyright © 2018 Packt Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the authors, nor Packt Publishing or its dealers and distributors, will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this book. Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information. Commissioning Editor: Merint Mathew Acquisition Editor: Karan Sadawana Content Development Editor: Priyanka Sawant Technical Editor: Gaurav Gala Copy Editor: Safis Editing Project Coordinator: Vaidehi Sawant Proofreader: Safis Editing Indexer: Rekha Nair Graphics: Jason Monteiro Production Coordinator: Shantanu Zagade First published: March 2018 Production reference: 1070318 Published by Packt Publishing Ltd. Livery Place 35 Livery Street Birmingham B3 2PB, UK. ISBN 978-1-78829-800-1 www.packtpub.com Special thanks to the many students over the years who have pushed beyond GIS defaults and into the world of carto-niftiness. Your eagerness to learn and desire to succeed have led you to many places around the world, where you have helped spread the demand for effective and appealing GIS maps. And to HHLB and my colleagues at NACIS, thank you for sharing the joy of kartenvergnügen. – Amy Rock Special thanks to the many people at Esri that have worked hard to release a modern software package to allow people to disseminate geographic data to the masses via paper and the web. Also, a thank you to the educators that pushed me to spread the value of GIS and work for the greater good. – Ryan Malhoski mapt.io Mapt is an online digital library that gives you full access to over 5,000 books and videos, as well as industry leading tools to help you plan your personal development and advance your career. For more information, please visit our website. Why subscribe? 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Her research and projects include using GIS to examine economic relationships, economic accessibility, public participation in the federal block grant process, and commercial government GIS projects. She is currently teaching on the award-winning cartography program at Humboldt State University, and she is a director of their Online Geospatial Certificate Program. Many thanks to Craig Williams, of Esri, for his ongoing efforts to continually improve ArcGIS Pro (and respond to my feedback), and to Kenneth Field and John Nelson, also of Esri, for their carto-evangelism on making beautiful maps with GIS software. Thanks also to the late Dr. Hubertus Bloemer, who instilled cartographic principles in me, and reminded me never to relax my standards for the sake of faster maps. Ryan Malhoski is a GIS developer with over 10 years of GIS experience. He has a bachelor's degree in GIS and urban planning from Sacramento State University. He is currently a GIS developer for the City of Sacramento in the enterprise applications division. He spent over 6 years working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a geographer, where he was the GIS lead and project manager for multiple civil works and military projects. Ryan volunteers for Code for Sacramento, a brigade of Code for America, where he has volunteered for 2 years and just recently became Captain of the brigade. I would to thank those who were supportive of me through the process of writing this book. Thank you to my amazing fiancee, Maggie, my personal cheerleader, for her support and guidance through the writing process. Without her, I could’ve never met this challenge. Thank you to my extremely supportive family, Walter, Patti, and Sonja, who helped foster my love for technology. Thank you to my coworker, Dara O'Beirne, for introducing me to this opportunity and convincing me that I could accomplish this. Finally, I would like to thank my dog “Big Man” Baxter for keeping my feet warm while writing late into the night and forcing me to have play breaks. About the reviewer Dara O’Beirne is a certified GIS Professional with over 12 years of GIS and Python experience. He has coauthored ArcPy and ArcGIS, Second Edition, published by Packt. He earned both his bachelor's and master's of art in geography from the San Francisco State University. Currently a GIS analyst working at the City of Sacramento's Department of Utilities. He was also an integral part of the GIS Team working on developing a web mapping application used during each event at the new Levi's Stadium. I would like to thank my wife, Kate, and my daughters, Anya and Brynn, and tell them that I love them. I would like to thank my family, who has always guided and supported me, from Ireland to America and beyond. 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Table of Contents Preface 1 Chapter 1: How Maps Get Made 7 Knowing your audience 7 Clear expectations 8 Setting yourself up for a great map 9 Data management is important 9 Project folder structure 9 Project file naming 10 Finding authoritative datasets 11 Searching the web for authoritative data 11 ArcGIS Online 12 Outlining the work ahead 13 Summary 19 Chapter 2: Getting Started in ArcGIS Pro 20 Opening a project 21 Organizing the Contents pane 22 Adding data to your map 24 Arranging layers 28 Renaming layers 29 Working in the Map View 30 Symbolizing layers 30 Adding a little something extra 32 Symbolizing multiple values 33 Setting bookmarks 37 Transitioning to the Layout View 39 Page setup 41 Working with map frames 42 Creating a map output 44 Adding map elements 45 Sharing your map 50 Table of Contents Practice on your own 50 Summary 51 Chapter 3: Organizing the Page Structure 52 Beginning the mapping process 52 Achieving good design 53 Finding balance 56 Establishing harmony 62 Creating unity 66 Working with multiple data frames 69 Planning out your map 72 Practice on your own 73 Summary 73 Chapter 4: Typographic Principles 74 Using type on maps 74 Understanding letterforms 75 Choosing and pairing fonts 78 Choosing fonts 78 Pairing fonts 80 Building map grammar 81 Labeling in ArcGIS Pro 82 Working with point features 83 Working with line features 89 Working with area features 92 Titles and other map elements 94 Practice on your own 94 Summary 94 Chapter 5: Picking Colors with Confidence 96 Defining color 96 Color models 97 Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black (CMYK) 97 Red, Green, Blue (RGB) 98 Hue, Saturation, Value (HSV) 98 Hexadecimal 99 Setting colors in Pro 100 Color wheel 101 [ ii ] Table of Contents Warm and cool colors 101 Complementary colors 102 Working with color 102 Color theory 102 Color as a visual variable 103 Color schemes 107 Color schemes in ArcGIS Pro 109 Importing schemes 118 Color as accent 118 Moving beyond the basics 120 Value-by-alpha 120 Sophisticated spot color 123 Color moods 123 Color acuity 124 Practice on your own 125 Summary 126 Chapter 6: All Maps Are Approximations of Reality 127 Determining the style of your map 127 Better understanding of your map 128 Reference maps 128 Thematic maps 129 Special purpose maps 133 Maybe changing it a little will help make it clearer 135 Reducing noise 136 To default basemap or not to default basemap 136 Generalizing boundaries 138 Labeling 140 Scale of your data 141 Normalizing data 141 Aggregating data 142 Aggregation methods 142 Boundary 142 Heat map 143 Grid 143 Hex bins 144 Summary 145 [ iii ]