GIS cartography : a guide to effective map design Gretchen N. Peterson.

By:

Peterson, Gretchen N

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Edition: Second editionDescription: xvii, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9781482220674 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

526.0285 23 PET

Contents:

Introduction On Design Experience Constructive Criticism What Is a Geoprofessional? 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 Relative Map Scales Endnotes 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 Creative Maps A Few Places to Start Seeing Art from Your Desktop Endnotes Exercise Layout Design All Together Now Layout Checklist Element Details and Examples Style Context Arrangement Emphasis Maps and Wireframes Simplicity versus Complexity Margins Balance Endnotes Suggestions for Further Reading Study Questions Exercises Fonts Choosing the Right Font Serif versus Sans Serif Modifying the Font Placing the Text Text Direction Study Questions Resources Endnotes Color Color Theory RGB Hexadecimal HSV HSL CMYK CIELAB Rules Inspiration Grayscale Modern Endnotes Resources Study Questions Exercises Features Roads Rivers and Streams Bodies of Water Cities and Towns Political Boundaries Fuzzy Features Parcels Currents Wind Temperature Land Use and Land Cover Trails Utilities Impervious Surface Basins Buildings Soils Geology Endnotes Suggestions for Further Reading Study Questions Exercises Static Maps DPI Export Formats and Workflow Slides Presentation Style: Fast or Slow, Busy or Simple? Reports Posters Dual Purposes Endnotes Suggestions for Further Reading Study Questions Exercise Projections Distortions: Where Projections Fall Flat Map Considerations: Choosing a Suitable Projection Directional Types Choosing a Projection in the Real World Endnotes Resources Study Questions Exercises Zoom-Level Design Zoom Levels and Scales Zoom Fields Incremental Styling Repetition Testing a Multizoom Design Endnotes Resources Study Questions Exercises Appendix A: Layout Sketches Appendix B: Map Examples Appendix C: Color Swatches

Summary: In the five years since the publication of the first edition of A Guide to Effective Map Design, cartography and software have become further intertwined. However, the initial motivation for publishing the first edition is still valid: many GISers enter the field without so much as one hour of design instruction in their formal education. Yet they are then tasked with creating one the most effective, easily recognized communication tools: a map. See What’s New in the Second Edition Projection theory Hexagonal binning Big Data point density maps Scale dependent map design 3D building modeling Digital cartography and its best practices Updated graphics and references Study questions and lab exercises at the end of each chapter In this second edition of a bestseller, author Gretchen Peterson takes a "don’t let the technology get in the way" approach to the presentation, focusing on the elements of good design, what makes a good map, and how to get there, rather than specific software tools. She provides a reference that you can thumb through time and again as you create your maps. Copiously illustrated, the second edition explores novel concepts that kick-start your pursuit of map-making excellence. The book doesn’t just teach you how to design and create maps, it teaches you how to design and create better maps.

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Introduction
On Design Experience
Constructive Criticism
What Is a Geoprofessional?
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
Relative Map Scales
Endnotes 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
Creative Maps
A Few Places to Start Seeing Art from Your Desktop
Endnotes
Exercise Layout Design
All Together Now
Layout Checklist
Element Details and Examples
Style
Context
Arrangement
Emphasis Maps and Wireframes
Simplicity versus Complexity
Margins
Balance
Endnotes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Study Questions
Exercises Fonts
Choosing the Right Font
Serif versus Sans Serif
Modifying the Font
Placing the Text
Text Direction
Study Questions
Resources
Endnotes Color
Color Theory
RGB
Hexadecimal
HSV
HSL
CMYK
CIELAB
Rules
Inspiration
Grayscale Modern
Endnotes
Resources
Study Questions
Exercises Features
Roads
Rivers and Streams
Bodies of Water
Cities and Towns
Political Boundaries
Fuzzy Features
Parcels
Currents
Wind
Temperature
Land Use and Land Cover
Trails
Utilities
Impervious Surface
Basins
Buildings
Soils
Geology
Endnotes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Study Questions
Exercises Static Maps
DPI
Export Formats and Workflow
Slides
Presentation Style: Fast or Slow, Busy or Simple?
Reports
Posters
Dual Purposes
Endnotes
Suggestions for Further Reading
Study Questions
Exercise Projections
Distortions: Where Projections Fall Flat
Map Considerations: Choosing a Suitable Projection
Directional Types
Choosing a Projection in the Real World
Endnotes
Resources
Study Questions
Exercises Zoom-Level Design
Zoom Levels and Scales
Zoom Fields
Incremental Styling
Repetition
Testing a Multizoom Design
Endnotes
Resources
Study Questions
Exercises Appendix A: Layout Sketches Appendix B: Map Examples Appendix C: Color Swatches

In the five years since the publication of the first edition of A Guide to Effective Map Design, cartography and software have become further intertwined. However, the initial motivation for publishing the first edition is still valid: many GISers enter the field without so much as one hour of design instruction in their formal education. Yet they are then tasked with creating one the most effective, easily recognized communication tools: a map.

See What’s New in the Second Edition

Projection theory
Hexagonal binning
Big Data point density maps
Scale dependent map design
3D building modeling
Digital cartography and its best practices
Updated graphics and references
Study questions and lab exercises at the end of each chapter
In this second edition of a bestseller, author Gretchen Peterson takes a "don’t let the technology get in the way" approach to the presentation, focusing on the elements of good design, what makes a good map, and how to get there, rather than specific software tools. She provides a reference that you can thumb through time and again as you create your maps. Copiously illustrated, the second edition explores novel concepts that kick-start your pursuit of map-making excellence. The book doesn’t just teach you how to design and create maps, it teaches you how to design and create better maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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