Making maps as hobby (while I work on other maps for my day job)

Question

I've been a mapmaker for decades, primarily working in Autocad Map.  My wife is currently helping me learn ArcGIS now that she's been using it full time for the past decade.  Her specialty though has only focused on 2 of the extensions available, and so she's using this opportunity to expand her knowledge of what Arc offers beyond her day job.

We've reached the stage in our life where we want to make a map the way we want it to look, so for fun we're creating a database from scratch of our home county.  Yes, our hobby has become creating a GIS road database in order to make our own wall map of the county!  🙂

So, hello all, and just curious if there's others out there in the community who are just tinkering with a 'passion' map project, or if everyone here is solely here for their work.

Anonymous User · Answer

Good morning first I want to thank the Team of this Community, all the professionals who involve it, I congratulate with great pride, because I was very lucky to meet them, congratulations. Yes I would love any help, I'm already happy with this return, super happy indeed. All the materials i acquire will study in detail with great attention. Gratitude to All for the teachings passed on, I am graduating in Environmental Management and this year 2021 I will be graduating with a great package of studies, thanks to You and adding together with Esri. Thank you very much.

Anonymous User · Answer

Welcome to the Community @CartoMouse we are glad to have you join us.

Exciting to hear that you are learning ArcGIS to make a map of your home county. I am sure others in the community would be interested to see the results when you're ready to share.

You might be interested in our Mapping community for advice or questions you may have. There are also several blog areas in the Community which might give you some inspiration:

Learn ArcGIS Blog - GeoNet, The Esri Community 
Esri Training Blog - GeoNet, The Esri Community 
GIS Blog - GeoNet, The Esri Community

If you have any questions about using the Community then our Community Basics area has lots of great information on navigating and making the most of the features available to you. Good luck in your map making!