{"id":29,"date":"2015-11-01T23:54:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T23:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/portfolio\/?p=29"},"modified":"2024-01-07T21:35:34","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T21:35:34","slug":"firefly-style-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynameiskate.com\/portfolio\/index.php\/2015\/11\/01\/firefly-style-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefly style map"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This fall, I attended my second NACIS <\/a>(North American Cartographic Information Society) conference, which has become a highlight of my year. One talk I found particularly inspiring was John Nelson<\/a>‘s presentation on Firefly Cartography<\/a>. I could explain what that means, but an image makes it pretty clear.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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I was excited to make my own firefly map. At the same time, I was knee-deep in roads data for my employer, the City of Seattle<\/a>, and had been wondering about the public staircases I noticed there. So I seized on that theme, and created this map in a few hours, using only ArcMap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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As John noted, glowing things have a white center surrounded by opaque color, then increasingly transparent color. I didn’t take the time to make perfect gradient icons in Illustrator; instead I just repeated the layer several times in ArcMap. The staircases are classified by length, so longer stairs are greener and brighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After I finished I was pleased with the look, but I wanted to take it a step further and make it really<\/em> glow, not just look like it was glowing. So, I had it printed on glass!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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It’s easier than you might think – you can order glass prints from Shutterfly<\/a> (promo codes are usually available for a discount off the list price). Now my map truly glows.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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