AI- Inspired TOPO Landscape | Esri

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Make this AI-inspired topo landscape, Please

By John Nelson

Many weeks ago I saw an achingly beautiful bit of AI-generated terrain art shared by Esri’s glorious instagram account. Initially I was a bit intimidated by the robots; it was so charming and tactile and wondrous and dreamlike and sinuous. But also…inspiring. 

I hope you give this a try and apply your own riffs and styles. It’s a beautiful world we live in and the source of unlimited inspiration. Thanks for reading!

Love, John

Here are some exports from this Pro-ification of AI-inspired topo art using real geographic data. I use them as my desktop background because it’s a fun way to start the morning.

Here are some without the cartoonizing outlines. I sort of like these better…

AUTHOR John Nelson

I have far too much fun looking for ways to understand and present data visually, hopefully driving product strategy and engaging users. I work in the ArcGIS Living Atlas team at Esri, pushing and pulling data in all sorts of absurd ways and then sharing the process. I also design user experiences for maps and apps. When I'm not doing those things, I'm chasing around toddlers and wrangling chickens, and generally getting into other ad-hoc adventures. Life is good.  

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