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How to Visualize Uncertainty With Know-It-All Vector Data

By John Nelson

It’s just the very nature of the vector data format to be absolute and binary. Yes here, cross a perfect line, no there. Such confidence, while a necessary component of storing vector polygon data, is often a lie. How do we truth up our maps so that they communicate the uncertainty inherent in any phenomenon?

Here are a handful of tips for doing just that in ArcGIS Pro. Give them a look and see if they can be helpful for your uncertain-phenomenon mapping adventures…

Happy Uncertain Mapping! John

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