Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users | 
|  | | | Title: | Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users | | Author: | Cynthia A. Brewer | | Publisher: | Esri Press | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 August, 2005 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 1589480899 / 9781589480896 | | List Price: | $29.95 | | Amazon Price: | $29.95 | |
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Describing how to build balanced map layouts suited to varied mapping goals, this guide focuses on export options that suit different media and can be edited in other applications. The wide range of text characteristics needed for expert map design as well as how to improve map readability with type effects such as character spacing, leading, callouts, shadows, and halos is detailed. Tips are included for using font tools in the Windows operating system, such as creating special characters in map text, as is information on using text characteristics to indicate feature locations, categories, and hierarchies on maps. How cartographic conventions guide placement of labels for point, line, and area features are also explained.
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Customer Reviews:
• Designing Better Maps 09 August, 2007
An excellent book, but a bit tedious. Gives the GIS user an excellent review of what makes a map visually useful. GIS users aren't necessarily the best cartographers and this can help them along
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2M4A3X29ZIVS7
• Descent For Beginners 11 May, 2007
This book reviews the very basics of map design and hardly touches on cartographic representations. It is probably a good starting point for first timers to GIS and mapping, but for the average map maker/cartographer it is too rudimentary.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3EJKZB4KU6AQX
• Map Visualization 101 25 October, 2007
This book addresses all major topics needed when considering what color to assign to a group of layers, which symbols and scales to use, how to annotate maps and how to complement maps with text boxes.
It is well written so it's easy reading and does not require extensive background from other fields.
Getting from here to there is simple enough by scanning the chapter index.
Great reference for map designers, both beginners and experienced ones.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3MJXDGH4W43IV
• Call It Training 15 March, 2006
If you analyze data and make maps, this is well worth the money.
It helps if you use ArcGIS too....
- Reviewed by customer ID: A6NKEUBC4Z3J2
• Designing Better Maps 04 November, 2006
Since I am relatively new to the world of GIS Mapping, this book was an invaluable aid to designing more attractive maps. It's a beautifully laid-out book with lots of common-sense tips in it. Well worth the price!
Linda Pierce
Pray, Montana
- Reviewed by customer ID: AUC5DIZXVK5YL
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