How to Use Custom Graphics for Graduated Symbols in ArcGIS Pro & ArcGIS Online

By John Nelson

Graduated symbols? Sweet. Here’s how to go beyond the defaults and start applying your own pictographic prowess to your map. A similar effect was used in Ken Field’s Election Pollocks and in this tree map by Alan Halter of Austin, TX, that won the 2019 Esri map gallery prize for best cartography.

It’s also how I made this split graduated symbol election map a while back:

Happy Symbol Swapping! John

John Nelson

I have far too much fun looking for ways to understand and present data visually, hopefully driving product strategy and engaging users. I work in the ArcGIS Living Atlas team at Esri, pushing and pulling data in all sorts of absurd ways and then sharing the process. I also design user experiences for maps and apps. When I'm not doing those things, I'm chasing around toddlers and wrangling chickens, and generally getting into other ad-hoc adventures. Life is good. You might also like these Styles for ArcGIS Pro: esriurl.com/nelsonstyles

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Alex Friant(@alexfriant)

February 20, 2020 7:34 am

Super cool! I’m enjoying this Khan Academy style of tutorials, plus the music was so relaxing. I need to listen to that style of music while working for similar effect 😉

John Nelson(@j_nelson)

February 20, 2020 9:16 am

Reply to Alex Friant

Thanks Alex! My kids do Khan Academy – it rules! As for the music, I’m glad it soothed your GIS soul. It was plucked from YouTube’s big library of royalty free audio. https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music