Map Layout Sandwich

Here's how to make an ArcGIS Pro map layout where some elements of the map float over the neatline and graticule. Because that looks cool!
0:00 Incredible map layout sandwich illustration
0:14 Apply an ocean mask to a basemap
0.36 Duplicate the map and remove its mask
1:07 New layout, with the unmasked and masked map frames piled in
1:40 Synch the geography of both maps
2:05 Add a rectangle neatline and arrange it between the map frames
2:44 Add a graticule to the bottom map
3:07 Other examples of neatline shenanigans
3:26 You are loved
Music: The Golden Present - Jesse Gallagher
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[@JohnNelsonMaps]

here is a companion blog post with an introduction and stuff. www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/layout-sandwich/

[@orsonhyuri]

Hey John! Amazing video. Any suggestion on how to make a map similar to 2:08? It would be really cool to stack different layers on a study area like this. With 2 or more map frames.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@orsonhyuri it's funny i've gotten a lot of questions about that illustration! i use camtasia to edit my videos. this was made by making three separate images and animating them in camtasia.

[@orsonhyuri]

Whoah! thanks for the swift response John, really appreciated. I will be sure to check that software out. Cheers. @@JohnNelsonMaps

[@chrismayhall6049]

Great video John, always love the endings where we get a brief look around your world.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

Thanks Chris!

[@cadenhowlett]

This is fantastic love your channel

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

Thanks!

[@QuincysEntertainment]

Astounding! It makes so much sense and is so useful.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

Glad you think so! I hope you give it a go.

[@kooyking]

so simple, so effective. i’ll be trying to use this in my work!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

fantastic! i'd love to see what you make!

[@stevensfamily1469]

Great tutorial! Love the clear instructions for making a clean framed layout in ArcGIS Pro. Masking the basemap and adding a subtle graticule inside the oceans gives such a nice polished effect. And linking the map frames keeps everything neatly synchronized. More excellent mapping skills shared as always - thanks!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thank you Stevens family! you are always terribly supportive and thorough in your comments. if i knew your address and phone number i'd send you a Christmas card and send you insightful text messages!

[@nerivaldoafonso]

Brilliant, this was exactly what I needed

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

sweet!

[@shroog5130]

Wow 😍😍😍

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thanks!

[@jeannemoore4523]

Thanks for the video, John! You're shed/office is way cool.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

Thanks!

[@BretDrager]

I'm a novice cartography lover. That was great! And,, awesome office.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thanks! and welcome to cartography!

[@Ahmedali_-qd9eg]

Cool.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thank you!

[@CraigH999]

I recall that previous video, and I tried it several times. I just couldn't reproduce the areas spilling over the neatlines. This video has inspired me to revisit the video and try again!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

You can do it!

[@AbhijayaDhakal]

Love, love your maps, John! Your personality is as excellent! I have made the map sandwich, but how to separate (put a gap) between the masked and unmasked frame? I must have missed something in the video as usual lol.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thanks! hmm i'm not sure i understand your question.

[@benmissimer]

Nice fade out

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thanks!

[@AngelaKlock]

John these short are great! Do you happen to have one creating a custom GDB diagram with floating layers in 3D like you jumped to in this video?

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

Hmm, no I don’t! But that would be cool.

[@945672abc1]

the gis hut

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

my work-home next to home-home.

[@bluenosesailor]

Nice! The use of map duplicates and the scene views (?) of your demonstration actually got me thinking, is there a way to build a stacked layered axonometric/isometric diagram within ArcGIS Pro, or would that have to be accomplished by exporting with the Adobe plugin and rotating and vertically separating the layers manually in Illustrator? I am referring to the kind of exploded site analysis often used in urban planning, landarch, or architecture.

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

thanks! you can do this kind of thing in Pro. here's a video where you can get a sense of using different layers with different vertical offsets. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5mtmYVpocydhNksi=iXwXWJkByxXqgzcg

[@bluenosesailor]

@@JohnNelsonMaps Thank you! I must have missed this one and frankly, I'm so literal I probably wouldn't have made the connection between the bathymetry application and something like transit routes and urban greenspace. I will check it out!

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

@@bluenosesailor cool, good luck! here's a similar one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5bGomh6ar5qlacsi=wGaa0N8tqlgdQLzS

[@saintuk70]

Tasty...

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

snack time!

[@davidfairchild8566]

Is it possible to create this effect and mask out specific states/countries as well?

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

yes, absolutely

[@user-px6pf5dj7t]

Could you please mention the projection of the grids? Thank you in advance 😊

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

this is a graticule feature that you can activate for any map view in a layout. they are lines of latitude and longitude.

[@YUZHOUMAOMAOJIAO]

Hi there! I would like to ask, if I want to render this effect in pro , should I make another 3d model in the 3d model? Something like a nested feel.

[@YUZHOUMAOMAOJIAO]

It's a topographical presentation of a Chinese tomb raiding theme, under the sea, tombs, bronze trees, ancient Chinese civilizations and such

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

sounds cool @@YUZHOUMAOMAOJIAO

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

i think instead you should use this method: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5bGomh6ar5qlacsi=pBfrXt-UwYs--hI1

[@stillinorbit1]

But John, how did you create the perspective view, with three separate layers, at 0.04??? Can ArcPro do that, or did you use some other software program?

[@JohnNelsonMaps]

I just did that in the editor (Camtasia) I use for making videos. I exported three separate images from Pro, then animated them in Camtasia