ESRI’s Built-In Springtime Color Support
As an ArcMap user for many years I have long been fascinated by the color choices that come packaged with ESRI products. It’s not that they are bad color combinations it’s just that they are so distinctive. You can pretty well determine at first glance if someone used an ESRI product to make his or… Continue Reading »
Spooky Halloween Map
Happy Halloween! I made this map using a different kind of parcel data from the City of Asheville Open Data Portal. Instead of the taxable parcels we’re used to mapping these are the plots for Riverside Cemetery in Asheville, resting place of Thomas Wolfe. The space and use needs of a cemetery lend their layout some similarities to… Continue Reading »
Compare the Tax Production of Different Kinds of Development in Your Own Community
Last week we shared our Story Map of Greater Des Moines with all of its maps, graphics, explanations, bells, and whistles. It turns out our friends at the Iowa Economic Development Authority have put some additional exciting resources. Along with an executive summary explaining the importance of this kind analysis to local governments they put together some instructions… Continue Reading »
Under the Wings of the Pegasus
Impressions from Dallas Hotel Windows I suppose in keeping with tradition I will begin my reflections on Dallas from the experience of my hotel window. As an added bonus Dallas provided me with three separate hotel rooms from which to gaze. The Magnolia is the heart of historic Dallas. It literally wears as a crown what became the… Continue Reading »
CNU23 Session: Reaching Out to Conservatives
White Cat, Black Cat, Whatever Catches Mice. Since this is a discussion of politics I thought it might be helpful, if not fair, to provide a little insight as to where I’m coming from. I shy away from public political declarations in part because I don’t want the content of my work to be clouded… Continue Reading »
McHard Revisited
If planning requires the posing of alternatives with costs and benefits of each, it is necessary to be able to demonstrate the physical and financial consequences of the status quo extended into the future. This is the second element in the study with some claim to wider relevance. — Ian McHarg, Design With Nature The… Continue Reading »