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Recently, I’ve enjoyed experimenting with a new design that could be used in a presentation or a brochure, showing the overview of the country. The map includes terrain (using a satellite image), the major cities, and the province (state) boundaries. It was fun to give this map a simple, artistic ‘feel’ by clipping out only the country of interest and adding the black, outer glow. If you’re wondering, the hole in the map is another country, Lesotho.  For a larger image size, just click on it below.

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Here is a technique I’ve been working on – using a glow around island coastlines. The first image below shows a 1 km. white buffer, while the second image is a series of buffers, moving from white to light blue to the ocean blue. The glow adds a nice effect, and I was glad to find out how to do it from an article on ESRI’s website.

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Here’s a map I created with some 3D mapping software, ArcScene. Terrain is represented by people … Notice the major population centers in Asia, Indonesia, the skyscraper of Cairo, Nigeria, East Africa, Northern Africa, Europe, and the coast of the Americas.  The data is from the Gridded Population of the World.

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Recently, a Christian foundation based in Colorado Springs asked GMI to brief their board of directors on the major trends in global Christianity. This is something for which GMI is well-positioned, as we constantly interact with data on the world and its religious landscape. I picked a color scheme for the report graphics, and we designed many maps for the report.

Here is an example below. This map shows where the world’s major religions are clustered. The many visualizations in the briefing will hopefully help the foundation’s leadership to make better decisions about where to give their resources. John 4:35 says, “Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.” Information on topics such as religions, health, and population can help leaders see where the greatest needs are and to direct resources to assist in spreading the Gospel.

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Recently, I’ve been working on some new map designs, incorporating a subtle drop shadow technique. I noticed how well this technique accented and enhanced the maps in the Atlas of Global Christianity. Here is one of my new designs, using Operation World data for the number of Evangelicals. Also, notice how many countries in Asia, Africa, and South America have large Evangelical populations, as well as North America which has over 94 million.  Data + graphic design = good stuff. 

So how does Operation World define Evangelicals?  See this.