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Yesterday I got an email from a long time colleague showing me an online map and asking, “When will it be possible to do this map with ArcGIS”? The map is the interactive map of Washington DC at http://dc.everyblock.com. In particular my friend was looking at the crime map wondering how the proportional symbols showing crimes became disaggregated as he zoomed in, eventually showing individual crime sites. Read More...

Not long ago a colleague wrote me saying she had overlapping polygons that need to be clearly labeled so she'd know to which polygon each label pertains. She sent me the drawing done in PowerPoint of the desired result but wanted it as an automated solution Read More...