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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Jun 25

why would anyone sell this machine

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · May 15

thanks!

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · May 8

Today is a great day for the ocean!

Not only is the new Attenborough Ocean film out today, but I had a sneak peak at the new Great Map at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and it's FABULOUS. A giant Spilhaus projection with beautifully detailed topography. Opens to the public June 7th. 🌊

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · May 15

WOW! I'd love to see that some day.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · May 15

Glorious!

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Apr 4

More examples and a link to the blog post.
www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Apr 4

Please don't watch this video about making the Handsome Squidward version of ArcGIS Online maps.
youtu.be/NL2GUU4bRVo

Hack a Dramatic Portrait Mode Effect for ArcGIS Online

YouTube video by John Nelson Maps

youtu.be

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Joey Cherdarchuk - Obumbratta @obumbratta.com · Apr 3

I return to @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social 's Silly Geographic Precision table whenever I see the coordinates in a file I'm trying to make smaller. Latest file was mapping atoms. uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2013/11/sill...

Here's a breakout of coordinate precision by the actual cartographic scale they purport:

Decimal Places
Actual Distance
Say What?
6 10 centimeters Your footprint, if you were standing on the toes of one foot.
7 1.0 centimeter A watermelon seed.
8 1.0 millimeter The width of paperclip wire.
9 0.1 millimeter The width of a strand of hair.
10 10 microns A speck of pollen.
11 1.0 micron A piece of cigarette smoke.
12 0.1 micron You're doing virus-level mapping at this point.
13 10 nanometers Does it matter how big this is?
14 1.0 nanometer Your fingernail grows about this far in one second.
15 0.1 nanometer An atom. An atom! What are you mapping?

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Apr 3

Ah, an oldie but a goodie! And, ah-hem, 6 years before XKCD did the same thing.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Apr 1

Exquisite!

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 31

I'll be at in London May 12 for a 1/2 day cartography workshop hosted by @esriuk.bsky.social. If you'd like to spend a half-day of your allotted time on this earth nerding out on map making with me, here are some details. store.esriuk.com/product/arcg...

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 25

things I like: the Yuka app

John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 25

Glorious

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 21

things i like: the random 3 or 4 days in a Michigan April when it hits 70 degrees and everyone goes a little bit manic.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 19

i like to kick things off with an existential crisis

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 19

I just shared a new video about making that faded inner-ribbon pattern thing in ArcGIS Online and stuff. it's over on the you toobs.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 18

things i like: the internet circa 2010/11

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Kenneth Field @kennethfield.bsky.social · Mar 18

The #EsriUC agenda is out...and there's BIG news for fans of our Map Wizardry workshop. Not only have we got a third offering for the Friday crowd but we got into the plenary hall on Thursday. Thanks to everyone who ever asked for this!!! No pressure at all 🤪

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 18

whoa, just had a crazy idea for getting faded inner hatched ribbons for polygons in ArcGIS Online and it totally worked! now, to try to get back to my original objectives today.

map with red border and faded hatched fill around the interior perimeter

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 18

Glorious.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 17

things i dislike: jeans in colors other than blue.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 17

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 14

a cartoon monkey wearing heart shaped sunglasses holds a piece of paper

ALT: a cartoon monkey wearing heart shaped sunglasses holds a piece of paper

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 14

things i like: my authenticator app gives me a two-digit number to access my account. i seem to have an impromptu anecdote for every number, which helps me remember it in the three seconds between seeing it and keying it in.

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John Nelson @johnnelsonmaps.bsky.social · Mar 12

a woman 's face is visible in a tik tok video

ALT: a woman 's face is visible in a tik tok video

media.tenor.com

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