GIS cartography : a guide to effective map design
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GIS cartography : a guide to effective map design
CRC Press, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Maps, either printed or digital, can create effective communication with bosses, clients, other scientists, and the public. However, entry level GISers often find that map design was given short shrift in their pre-professional life. It is time for the GIS field, which is maturing in other ways, to improve its skills in this area. Based on the author's more than ten years of research and practice in map design, GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design provides the tools to create truly sophisticated maps.
Packed full of in-depth information and advice, this book covers all facets of map creation. It covers classic cartographic standards such as colors, fonts, data specific mapping techniques; cultivation of creative skills, and supplies recommendations for novel design approaches. Featuring a down-to-earth writing style, the book includes a layout element checklist, font size charts, geologic color standards, file format pros and cons, and examples of layout designs. A companion Web site, hosted by the author, provides more learning materials, a free downloadable poster covering key content from this book, and links to other helpful Web sites.
The book does not focus on any particular software platform, therefore does not contain the traditional screen shot format with "click on this" and "use this menu" type of instructions. This format allows the guide to be used with any map making software. The author draws on classic map-design concepts, the latest design theory, and other disciplines, demonstrating how to create end results that exemplify what map ought to be: clear, informative, and uniquely suited to their purpose.
Table of Contents
Introduction
No Design Experience? No Worries
Full Disclosure
What Is a "GISer"?
Tick-Tock Goes the Clock
Why Good Design Matters
Audience
How to Use This Book
Skipping the How-Tos to Get Straight to the Good Stuff
Companion Web Site
End Notes
Creative Inspiration
You Can Be Creative
Doing
Seeing
An Example of How to See
Applying All of This to Your Map
Summary and Final Prodding
A Few Places to Start Seeing Art from Your Desktop
End Notes
Layout Design
All Together Now
Wait! Stop!
Layout Checklist
Element Details and Examples
Style
Suggestions for Further Reading
End Notes
Fonts
Choosing the Right Font
Modifying the Font
Point Size
Placing the Text
Text Direction
Resources
End Notes
Color
Color Theory
Inspiration
Resources
End Notes
Features
Roads
Rivers and Streams
Showing Hierarchy
Bodies of Water
Cities and Towns
Political Boundaries
Fuzzy Features
Parcels
Currents
Wind
Temperature
Land Use and Land Cover
Trails
Utilities
Impervious Surface
Basins
Building Footprints
Soils
Geology
Suggestions for Further Reading
End Notes
Media
Slides
Reports
Posters
Web
Dual Purposes
DPI
Export Considerations
Suggestions for Further Reading
End Notes
Appendix A: Layout Sketches
Appendix B: Map Examples
Appendix C: Color Swatches
Index
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