YD Zoomify is a terrific plugin for wordpress that allows users to display high-resolution imagery/maps through loadable tiles. The plugin installs flash capability into the wordpress blog that can be called through a simple script in the blog html editor. YD Zoomify was created by Yan Dubois. The above image comes in at a whopping...
We use coastal vignetting as a cartographic technique to separate littoral zones for deep water areas in many lakes and rivers. This techniques is found on many wall maps and atlases and has been used for years to give maps a more pleasing look. We will look at two different methods to achieve similar goals....
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Extension Needed: Spatial Analyst 3rd Party Software: Adobe Photoshop Swiss-style shading has been used for quite some time and originated with the great cartographers in Switzerland. It is mainly used to “normalize” the differences between high elevations and low elevations and give a slight smoother appearance to a map. ArcMap can mimic a swiss-style effect,...
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