Create Amazing GIS Data-Driven Maps Using ArcGIS API for JavaScript

How to use extrusion data to map poverty level.

Map of United States showing population living in poverty by county

Purpose

In the previous tutorial, I had explained how to show volcanos with a blooming effect using ArcGIS.

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In this tutorial, I will show how to use extrusion features using ArcGIS API for JavaScript.

Development links

If you have not already checked it out, you can head over to Esri’s development site where there are full examples that you can test and demo. Best of all, they are all free!

Working example

I chose this example from their developer portal to showcase how you can apply a size visual variable that is taken on a numeric value.

In this particular example, you will see an extrusion effect coming from counties that are living in the poverty line.

The following code is the example in action, made in an index.html file.