Latest Contributions by JohnMNelson

4D?? ... View more

Thanks for the great questions, Alex! ... View more

I would submit your work to the public gallery of social media. Like Instagram and Twitter. No better way of sharing and getting feedback. ... View more

Finally, a Ferris Bueller reference!! ... View more

No. It is a fine chicken, but my dog Pepper is my favorite pet. And my office mate. ... View more

And you can do strange but effective practical and impractical things with transparency in gradients. Here is a big collection of resources: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/analytics/interesting-and-absurd-uses-of-digital-elevation-models/ ... View more

Hi Lesli! Yeah, I find that vignettes (those little faded edges around the perimeter of a map) is a soft way to visually frame visual content. I like neatlines sometimes (though rarely) but only if part of my map spills OVER the neatline.  ... View more

10 more minutes! We've lost threaded conversations for some reason, they are all flat chronological now. But keep them rolling in!  ... View more

But usually, I start with a simple hue gradient with a slight brightness shift too. To help re-inforce the less-to-more visual. Then I just play with them manually in the Color Scheme Editor in Pro until something looks cool. ... View more

Regarding the color palette question, you should check out the Viridis set of colors. Great for maps and visualization. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/viridis/vignettes/intro-to-viridis.html ... View more