All Roads Lead to Richmond

The following map defines the quickest routes to get to the Virginia state capitol. This post is similar to a previous post on this website and on Reddit mapping the shortest route to Washington D.C. from anywhere in the continental U.S. The thicker the line stroke, the more overlapping routes. The map defines five different…

Virginia Regional Growth

Pretty cool look at the growth rate of Virginia PDCs from 1960 to 2020. Fastest growing: George Washington at 83% (Fredericksburg) Fastest decline: Cumberland Plateau at -23% Thanks for reading! Find me on Twitter @ArterialMapping.

The Pandemic in 71 seconds. Exactly 2 years later…

Nearly 2 years into the pandemic, cases per capita in 71 seconds. The following project spans exactly 2 years since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The first official case was reported in Snohomish, Washington on January 21, 2020. The data below is displayed from the New York Times, based on reports from state and local health…

All Roads Lead to Richmond

As seen on Reddit with 15k upvotes – How was this map completed? Well, using @Esri ArcGIS Pro Network Analysis toolset! Essentially, what you see mapped are the shortest distances along all roadways from a dot grid to the Virginia state capital Richmond. The dot grid was created from the center points of 50 square…

All Roads Lead to Washington D.C.

As seen on Reddit with 56k upvotes – How was this map completed? Well, using @Esri ArcGIS Pro Network Analysis toolset! In general terms, there were 4 steps: 1. Created a dot grid for the whole of the continental U.S. This grid is what enables the routes to be created to D.C. A dot was…