https://zhaoxusui.com 2026-09-26T22:57:00+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2688807337949685827227821211943/horizontal.png https://zhaoxusui.com/homepage_cn 2026-09-26T22:49:02+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2688807337949685827227821211943/horizontal.png https://zhaoxusui.com/gallery 2026-09-26T22:38:11+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2688807337949685827227821211943/horizontal.png Alps - An Annotated Travel Map <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS & Blender & Adobe Illustrator | 2026 | Presented in NACIS Gallery This map features all major travel attractions and destinations around Alps. The place names are spelled in the local languages. The background hillshade is rendered through Blender to mimic a natural vibe. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2892976644687503150454030217085/London.JPG A Map of London <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS & Adobe Illustrator | 2025 | Presented in Big Ten GIS Conference The undergrounds are presented high in the visual hierarchy to visualize how expansive the public transportation network is. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2892976644705949894527739768701/Online_OGE.JPG Penn State OGE 25th Anniversary Alumni Map <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> Procreate & Adobe Illustrator | 2025 | Presented in NACIS gallery & Esri UC Collaborated with Julia Byrnes under the supervision of Alicia Iverson A Work for the GeoGraphics Lab This map features locations of Penn State Online Geospatial Education alumni, classified through degrees and certificates offered. To emphasize the fact that majority of our students are from the United States, we attached an inset map to feature the point data. This map offers exquisite bivariate designs based on the sizes and colors of data points, and a beautiful Watermann Butterfly Projection. This map is a perfect example of integrating elements through various map production platforms, including ArcGIS Pro, Adobe Illustrator, and Procreate. Since this map was made, many students in the GeoGraphics Lab have started experimenting with mapmaking in Procreate and bringing such elements into traditional mapmaking workflow. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2892976644742843382675158871933/Yangtze.JPG Chinese Cities in Yangtze Delta (Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing) <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS & Adobe Illustrator & Dall-E | 2025 I uses GPT & Dall-E to generate small snapshots of buildings on the side panels. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2892976644613716174159192010621/EMS_Map_Braile.JPG College of Earth and Mineral Sciences <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> Adobe Illustrator | 2024 | Presented in Penn State GIS Days Suitable for a themal printer to print on swell papers. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2892976644650609662306611113853/HTN.JPG The Global Highspeed Transit Network <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> Adobe Illustrator | 2025 | Posted in Reddit This is a fantasy map that features an imagined high speed network around the world. This map is highly schematic and features many interesting ideas, such as the Orbital Rail on the high sky above equator, and also the Earth Departure Station. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2892976644669056406380320665469/Jinan_Springs.JPG <a href="https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/19fbfbd202d34ad88b4a0cd8047dc44a">City of A Thousand Springs (千泉之城)</a> <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> A Database and Dashboard of Natural Springs in Jinan, China ArcGIS Online & Adobe Illustrator for poster | 2025 | Presented in NACIS Gallery The database collects information on about one thousand springs within municipal boundaries of Jinan, and then I visualized them on a map. The locations of springs within the old city of Jinan are accurate within 5 meters, while those in the suburban areas are only precise to the village level, sometimes with errors of up to several hundred meters. Due to the limited data, if you have any information related to the springs, please click the contact section above and submit the questionnaire to help us improve the spring data of Jinan. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2892980993950140385249852927869/ED1950FranceEuroLambert.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2892980993968587129323562479485/IrishSea_Equidistant.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2892980994171501314134367547261/Podgorica_Equidistant.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2892980994042374105618400685949/Lusaka_Equidistant_1.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2892980993987033873397272031101/Japansea_Equidistant.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2892980994245288290429205753725/WAmazon_Equidistant.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2892980994208394802281786650493/Russia_Equidistant.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2892980994097714337839529340797/MexicoITRF2008LCC.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2892980993931693641176143376253/Dresden_Equidistant.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2892980994263735034502915305341/WAmazon_Equidistant_2.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2892980994023927361544691134333/Lambert_USA.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2892988778789734139933697257341/Cusco.jpg Cusco y alrededores <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS & Blender & Adobe Illustrator | 2025 | Presented in NACIS Gallery A simple map of Cusco and surrounding areas, with an oblique perspective to emphasize the complicated arid and rough terrains of the area. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2892989133114794307746764697469/Great_Wall_Draft_Updated.jpg Dynastic Masonry - Visualizing the Great Wall of China (中国长城可视化) <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS Pro & Adobe Illustrator & Blender & Procreate | 2025 | Presented in NACIS Gallery I used many software to make this map - ArcGIS to generate the background reference information, Adobe Illustrator for major designs, Blender for terrain rendering, and Procreate to draw artistic style of the Great Wall. This map presents Great Walls of China across different areas and ages. I intentially adopted a oblique perspective from Mongolia to visualize how this defense network is seen from the perspectives from north to south - challenging the traditional top-down perspectives. 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View detail version image <a href="https://zhaoxusui.github.io/Earth_Transit.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow ugc" target="_blank">here</a>. Please remember that this project took me 9 months to finish, so there must be errors and outdated information (especially in Europe). https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2962491265938649730420973252477/State_College_Dark_Partial.jpg Map of State College - Dark Version <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS Pro & Adobe Illustrator | 2024 | Printed inside the Walker Building, Penn State I have both the <a href="https://zhaoxusui.github.io/Light_SC.jpg">light version</a> and the <a href="https://zhaoxusui.github.io/Dark_SC.jpg">night version</a> of State College map. The night version featured on this portfolio is characterized by the subtle outer glows from the roads and buildings. Three Maps below<text-icon icon="downwards-arrow"></text-icon> features other projects that have made in 2026 for various activities ArcGIS & Adobe Illustrator | 2024 Hantavirus Outbreak, Highlights of Norway, and EMS Earth Week Scavenger Hunt https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2962492130648224929629914804093/Hantavirus_Outbreak.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2962492701224465873540055838589/Norway.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2962493819871919991434684936061/Map_Poster_041226.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2962499239340861406563854200701/World_Physical.jpg World Physical <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS Pro & Adobe Illustrator | 2023 | Presented in NACIS Gallery This map uses Natural Earth II projection. I manually drew the illustrative figure below to put many diverse landscapes around the world together. The icons used in the figure below are also used in the map. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M2962500797869374706136451133309/Sahara.jpg Sahara - The Greatest Desert<text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS Pro & Adobe Illustrator | 2022 | Presented in NACIS Gallery The greatest desert on the earth is not a completely barren land. There are many, many places worth to visit in Sahara. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2962501985618332124147060584317/010_East_Indonesia.jpg Southeast Asia - A Travel Guide<text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS Pro & Adobe Illustrator | 2022 These pages are intended as a draft chapter of a World Travel Atlas in my mind. Hopefully someday I can finish all of these. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2962502372963064183900225417085/World_Travel_Map.jpg Travel Map of the World <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS Pro & Adobe Illustrator | 2022 | Presented in NACIS Gallery Don’t ask me why I use Mercator, sometimes I just like the angular preciseness - you can see I still have a lot of maps in other projections though. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2962505737888990901480664346493/650ADEnglish.png A Map of Eurasia and Africa in the Year of 650 <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> Paint.NET | 2019 A project that I am really proud of, before I learned GIS and prevlanet GIS mapping. Introduction to Cartography Assignments <text-icon icon="downwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS Pro | 2020 Some of the first maps that I made in ArcGIS. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2962506245395813857377848405885/Lab8.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2962506632795886149352141893501/Lab7.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2962506927039900869093199720317/Lab9.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2962507400770735426028194770813/Shanghai.png A Schematic Map of Shanghai Metro <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> Paint.NET | 2019 This map only shows the center of Shanghai. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2962509197870989830886422753149/Jinan_1911.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2962509197778756110517874995069/Greece.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2962509198018563783476099166077/Roman_Empire.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2962509197852543086812713201533/Istanbul.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2962509198037010527549808717693/SE_China.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2962509197834096342739003649917/India.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2962509198000117039402389614461/New_York_City.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2962509197907883319033841856381/London.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2962509198092350759770937372541/Warring_States.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2962509197668075646075617685373/California_-_Nevada.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2962509197723415878296746340221/Core_Mid_East.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2962509197446714717191103065981/Alps.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2962509197760309366444165443453/France.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2962509197686522390149327236989/Central_Asia.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2962509197797202854591584546685/Hong_Kong.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2962509197926330063107551407997/Los_Angeles.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2962509197944776807181260959613/Mexico.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2962509197741862622370455891837/E_Han.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2962509197963223551254970511229/Moon.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2962509197704969134223036788605/Central_Japan.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2962509197649628902001908133757/Beijing.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2962509197612735413854489030525/Arabian_Empire.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2962509197631182157928198582141/Australia.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2962509197815649598665294098301/HRE.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2962509198055457271623518269309/Shandong.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2962509198073904015697227820925/Spain_Portugal_Andorra.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2962509197981670295328680062845/NE_USA_-_SE_Canada.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2962513947962929043317092527997/Boston.jpg Map of Boston <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> , Nanjing, and Hangzhou <text-icon icon="downwards-arrow"></text-icon> Hand | 2018-2019 I prefer to use colored pencils to draw because I can just gentily swipe the paper to get some good but light textures. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I2962514296348137619395684347773/Hangzhou.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2962514582198883785598896189309/Nanjing.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2962516196215203258889824382845/World_Map.jpg An Illustrative Map of the World <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> Hand | 2015 I used <a href="https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=458335&picture=german-world-map-from-1947">this map</a> as an inspiration. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3100934122085948962619735420797/Alps.jpg Alps - An Annotated Travel Map <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS & Blender & Adobe Illustrator | 2026 | Presented in NACIS Gallery This map features all major travel attractions and destinations around Alps. The place names are spelled in the local languages. The background hillshade is rendered through Blender to mimic a natural vibe. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U3100934294212517914403561549693/.jpg Central Jinan Architecture & Tourism Map（济南市区建筑旅游图） <text-icon icon="upwards-arrow"></text-icon> ArcGIS & Adobe Illustrator | 2026 | Presented in NACIS Gallery This map features communities, buildings, springs, and other attrictions honoring the history of those places to shape the urban landscape in central Jinan. I adopted traditional Chinese Heavenly Stems ordinals（甲乙丙丁...) as index locators.