How to Make this 3D Diorama of the Straits of Mackinac

Here's how to make a 3D diorama micro world sort of thing for the Straits of Mackinac. Plus a little bit of Nelson nostalgia thrown in!

Colorful 3D mountain diorama:    • How to Make a 3D Diorama in ArcGIS Pro  
Undersea 3D diorama:    • Challenger Deep as a Micro World  
Fake 3D atmosphere :    • Hack Some Crazy Atmosphere Into Your ...  

Here's the World Imagery Wayback app to get archived versions of the imagery basemap: https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback

Source elevation/bathymetry data from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/

Michigan GIS data portal: https://gis-michigan.opendata.arcgis....

This demo is an extract from a presentation given at the IMAGIN annual conference of lovely Michigan map nerds. https://imagin.org/

More work from Tau Rho Alpha: https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/serv...

00:00 Intro examples
00:24 Nelson nostalgia and diorama intro
02:08 Finding and clipping an elevation model
3:10 Lets go 3D!
4:16 Finding better archived imagery
5:04 Hillshade!
5:29 Water and watery effects
8:38 Arranging a layout and perspective
9:14 Drawing and styling the dirt curtains
11:34 Sneaking in an easter egg
12:48 Labels and title
14:07 Adding a locator map

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