GIS CARTOGRAPHY: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE MAP DESIGN

By R. ALVAY

CONTENTS CHAPTER 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 CHAPTER 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 CHAPTER LAYOUT DESIGN ALL TOGETHER NOW WAIT! STOP! LAYOUT CHECKLIST ELEMENT DETAILS AND EXAMPLES TITLE BEST PRACTICES PLACEMENT STYLE SUBTITLE LEGEND MAPS NORTH ARROW DATE AUTHORSHIP SCALE BARS PAGE BORDER NEAT LINES GRATICULES NETWORK PATH DISCLAIMER DATA SOURCES DATA CITATIONS LOGOS GRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHS GRAPHICS MAP NUMBER TABLES COPYRIGHT PROJECTION INSET MAP DESCRIPTIVE TEXT CONTEXT ARRANGEMENT EMPHASIS MAP SIMPLICITY VERSUS COMPLEXITY MARGINS BALANCE SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING CHAPTER FONTS CHOOSING THE RIGHT FONT SERIF VERSUS SANS SERIF DECORATIVE SCRIPT LETTER HEIGHT, WIDTH, LINE THICKNESS MODIFYING THE FONT POINT SIZE OTHER MODI?CATIONS PLACING THE TEXT TEXT DIRECTION RESOURCES CHAPTER COLOR COLOR THEORY RGB HEXADECIMAL HSV HSL CMYK CIELAB THE RULES FIGURE-GROUND FIVE SHADES ARE ENOUGH ALREADY CHOROPLETH MAPPING WHAT COLOR ARE YOU TODAY? COLOR CONNOTATIONS COLOR BLENDING (OR MY EYES ARE PLAYING TRICKS ON ME) CONTRAST COLOR EVERYWHERE IS TIRING ENSURING READABILITY FOR COLOR VISION DE?CIENCY INSPIRATION BLACK AND WHITE AND MODERN CHAPTER FEATURES ROADS COLORS RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOWING HIERARCHY SHOWING ATTRIBUTES LABELS BODIES OF WATER CITIES AND TOWNS POINTS SPECIAL EFFECTS POLYGONS POLITICAL BOUNDARIES CONVENTIONS FUZZY FEATURES TECHNIQUE ELEVATION AND HILLSHADE HILLSHADE COLORS ELEVATION COLORS HILLSHADE CONTOURS AND HYPSOMETRIC TINTING SPOT HEIGHT LABELS 3D ELEVATION PARCELS CURRENTS WIND TEMPERATURE LAND USE AND LAND COVER TRAILS UTILITIES FIELD MAPPING IMPERVIOUS SURFACE BASINS BUILDING FOOTPRINTS SOILS SOIL DATASETS HOW TO SHOW HOW MANY CATEGORIES IS TOO MANY? FROM 2D TO 3D (AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN) GEOLOGY CHAPTER MEDIA SLIDES VIEWING DISTANCE AND OBSTRUCTIONS PRESENTATION STYLE: FAST OR SLOW, BUSY OR SIMPLE? FAST AND SIMPLE SLOW AND SIMPLE TIPS FOR CREATING SIMPLE MAP SLIDES SLOW AND BUSY TIME AND RESEARCH WANTED REPORTS WHERE TO PUT THE MAP MARGIN ELEMENTS FOR REPORT MAPS POSTERS SUMMARY POSTERS DETAILED POSTERS WEB STATIC DYNAMIC DUAL PURPOSES DPI EXPORT CONSIDERATIONS