Designing Better Maps

A Guide for GIS Users

Cynthia Brewer - Collection Carthography/Education

204 pages, parution le 31/07/2005

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Résumé

Advances in digital mapping and geographic information system (GIS) software have put powerful mapmaking tools into the hands of a growing number of people without basic cartographic training or knowledge. Whether they're analysts, researchers, planners, or graphic designers, this emerging class of GIS user shares the need to create clear and accurate maps that communicate and convince. In the 1980s, the desktop publishing revolution produced an excess of garish newsletters and posters. Similarly, today's digital mapping revolution has the potential to cause an overflow of poorly'designed, inaccurate maps that undermine the intended audience's ability to understand.

Fortunately there's a solution. Designing Better Maps is written specifically for this audience of people not trained in cartography who nonetheless need to create maps as part of their regular work. This book covers the essentials of sound map design, showing readers how to design better maps:

Design for purpose and audience
Consider the relationship between resolution and viewing distance
Select appropriate fonts and symbols
Choose intuitive colors that serve the content
Arrange scale bars, legends, and other map elements Hito organized layouts
Choose and apply appropriate export options

Whether creating maps for reports, print publication, or interactive Web displays, readers will find Designing Better Maps essential reading and the first step on the path toward producing clear and meaningful maps that invite reading.

Sommaire

Preface
Acknowledgments
The Big Picture on Design
Type Basics
Effective Type in Map Design
Color Basics
Color Decisions for Mapping
Customizing Symbols
Beyond Default Marginal Elements
Appendix
Further Resources

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	ESRI Press
Auteur(s)	Cynthia Brewer
Collection	Carthography/Education
Parution	31/07/2005
Nb. de pages	204
Format	23 x 19
Couverture	Broché
Poids	588g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9781589480896
ISBN13	978-1-58948-089-6