As designers, we have all had a project that required a map. And for those of us with limited cartography background, the process usually involves stitching together a series of screenshots, stock photography or tracing a map from some kind of reference found online. With ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud — a free extension for Illustrator and Photoshop — designers now have access to geographic data in a native format, making it easier to tell deeper stories around the data that actually connects us. Download ArcGIS Maps for Adobe: http://ow.ly/Pv3B50zASn2 In this example, we will walk through the process of how to access spatial content from Adobe Illustrator to create and animate various ferry routes around NYC: -We will import population data and create a vector base map with the help of spatial content available with ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud. -We will then animate the data on the map in Adobe After Effects. 00:12 Part 1: Launching ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud from Adobe Illustrator 05:17 Part 2: Preparing files for animation in Adobe Illustrator 12:13 Part 3: Animating Spatial data in After Effects Read the step-by-step guide: http://ow.ly/Yjpr50zFghj Download the data (free) used in this lesson: https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=32d40c2ab0ba424ea65d54c13a4e39f4 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ­ ­ Follow us on Social Media! ­ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mapsforadobe­ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MapsforAdobe­ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mapsforadobe/ The Science of Where: http://www.esri.com