Map readers interact with maps in more ways than we ever imagined just a few years ago. As they zoom, pan, shrink, or enlarge to plan routes, create reports, or display them on large screens, it's important for the design elements we have selected to be responsive to those changes. ArcGIS Pro has the ability to respond to changes in size or underlying data with ease.
As the scale of our map changes, the level of generalization or abstraction must also change. For small-scale maps, we might represent a city with a circle; but at a large scale, it may be more appropriate to show the city boundaries. Rather than make several different maps, we can take advantage of ArcGIS Pro's ability to control visibility based on the scale at which the map is being viewed.
In our map of Sacramento, our symbol choices look pretty good up-close, but if we zoom out to the whole city, the school and hospital symbols are overwhelming, and we can barely see the...