How to Make This 2.5D Map Poster

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[JohnNelsonMaps]

Ah HA! Ok folks, heads up, this plan oblique tool has a...nuance... When you give the plan oblique output a file name, make sure it is less than 13 characters long. Or else it will fail.

[nalaquq]

John, you must get this a lot, but you are the Bob Ross of maps. This was awesome.

[JohnCopriviza]

@12:36 That's to good! I also going to start using the valley mist technique. Thanks J!

[warrenjamesbristol]

This is awesome! I'm so glad you can put maps straight into Illustrator like that now. Thanks for this.

[dhaselfeld]

This is a Masterclass. Thank you John.

[ericsamson]

Hey John, thanks so much for taking the time to put this together. I was hoping sometime in the future you could put together a video of some of the routine edits that you utilize Illustrator for? I have no experience using it, but would love to start. Thanks again for sharing

[danwdoo]

A work of art. Reminds me of hand drawn maps of the past, especially nostalgic with a reference to QBert! Nice!

[fromgreytoblack]

i just came across this. it looks amazing! will do one myself soon. thank you for sharing.

[nettibyrd]

This was my Fantastic Friday professional development while I ate lunch. Thank you!!

[bbtub]

Wow what a great way to use GIS to create something so beautiful, kudo!!

[husiyuan]

This looks incredible! Thanks for sharing John.

[runjosh]

subscribed when you added the mist layer. Well done

[Mattyvhs]

This is great! I used the plan oblique on a state and it slightly distorted the DEM of the state from the clipped raster from the living atlas. What would you suggest to make a neat line for the oblique DEM? Using illustrator?

[GašperMužina]

Great video. What about adding a river layer, are the steps the same to match the rivers to the surface? So that the inclination angle is the same as the inclination angle of DEM?

[emmanuelduchene]

That is brilliant, as always. I was secretly hoping you'd do a video about the plan oblique. The mist layer is pure genius. I like the way you use simple tricks to lure the eye. You remind me a lot of Michel Gondry in that way.

[Fsgh_]

Awesome!, Mr John do you know who can i apply the Layer Blender in Effects bar?

[nateeide]

If I want to overlay a line feature on this the oblique nature of the DEM causes problems, which I knew would be an issue. Any ideas on how I could overlay features and have them at least look correct? I'm making a trail map that would be really cool with this as the baselayer! Thanks, supper cool cartography!

[monocilindro]

Awesome video (once again). What would you change in case of having water bodies and depth? Anything else besides the color ramp?

[francisehemba]

Hi John! Thank you for this tutorial. I am a beginner on Arcgis Pro. I would like to know how to get the "terrain mapping" in the toolboxes. As in the tutorial, I right clicked and clicked on "Add Toolbox", but then I can't add the "terrain mapping" in order to access the "Oblique Map". Thanks

[Boy]

Hi, John. Thanks for sharing amzing works. U are the best! John, I'm having problems when I insert the DEM into the Plan Oblique. This message appears (Data needs to be in a Projected Coordinate System). But the coordinates are correct in DEM. What's happen, can you help me?