One of my favorite ways to combine art with science is through cartography. I've been exploring compelling ways to illustrate data with ArcGIS Pro while participating in this #cartoMOOC course and am having so much fun with it!
With a view of the South Pole, the map below illustrates the occurrence of each hurricane since the mid 1800s. The goal of this map was to visualize the natural phenomenon of the equator's weak Coriolis force and a hurricane's inability to form within 5 degrees of it.
It's not just the data that tells the story here. The map's projection played a huge role in accomplishing my goal. This bottoms-up approach highlights the hula-hooping nature of these storms around the Earth's equator.
Some of the aesthetic components include the firefly-esc symbolization over the dark NASA satellite imagery, overlayed with a soft grid and vignette frame. I love that I can expand my artistic flares with ESRI's ArcGIS Pro! #science #data #cartography #arcgispro #cartoMOOC #GIS #mapping #sciencecommunication