Scalebars? Tired. Grid Scale? Wired!

Here's how you can cast aside the convention of a scalebar and scatter your map with a scalebar-like graphic that's anywhere you want it to be. This video walks through two different methods for creating a dot matrix scare reference for your map. Do all maps benefit from a scale display like this? Nah, come on. But some do! And here's two ways of gridding up an ArcGIS Pro map into convenient little tics of equal distance. Here's a giant how-to for that Appalachian Trail map. https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-pro/mapping/appalachian-trail-map/ Check out some other social channels where I share how-to's and updates on random map adventures: http://adventuresinmapping.com https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/author/j_nelson/ https://twitter.com/John_M_Nelson https://www.instagram.com/johnmnelson/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmnelson/