Designing better maps : a guide for GIS users / Cynthia A. Brewer.
Brewer, Cynthia A., 1960- author.
2016
GA105.3 .B74 2016 (Mapit)
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Title Designing better maps : a guide for GIS users / Cynthia A. Brewer.
Author Brewer, Cynthia A., 1960- author.
Edition Second edition.
ISBN 9781589484405 (paperback)
1589484401 (paperback)
9781589484375 (electronic book)
Published Redlands, California : Esri Press, [2016]
Language English
Description xvii, 231 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
Call Number GA105.3 .B74 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 526.0285
Summary "Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to creating maps that communicate effectively. In Designing Better Maps, renowned cartographer Cynthia A. Brewer guides readers through the basics of good cartography, including layout design, publishing maps, projections, color selection, font choices, label placement, and map symbol construction. Designing Better Maps also describes the author's ColorBrewer application, an online color selection tool. The second edition includes a new sections on preparing basemap content and combining multiple variables on maps."--Back cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-223) and index.
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1. Planning maps
2. Basemap basics
3. Explaining maps
4. Publishing and sharing maps
5. Type basics
6. Labeling maps
7. Color basics
8. Color on maps
9. Customizing symbols.

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