Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593852002 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 303 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
good product Benjamin E. Massey this is a good product. it has nice color maps and very visual. lots of good ideas and techniques.. Simple and Effective While I do a lot of GIS work and never took a cartography course when I started my career in geography research work. After searching through the local geography dept library, and searching the university bookstore for something simple, practical, and effective, I have to say "Making Maps" works great.My background lies in biological and environmental work so there's quite a few times where I've been asked to make maps from a variety of different data sources for different audiences (i.e. sci. Adam Baker said Very limited in scope. This is not a bad book, but the title and description bear almost no relation to its content. The audience of the book seems to be people who have occasional use for maps, but don't need a very professional product. The text is limited to thematic map design; there's very little about how different map projections work or how geographic features would be represented. There is consideration of some design elements, but the examples used were very limited in scope and somewhat artificial. Final
The text is crystal clear and irreverent, the hundreds of illustrations inspiring and memorable. "This detailed guide to elementary mapping in the age of digital information, Internet resources, and geographic information systems is simple, clear, and comprehensive. One strength of the book is that principles of map design are often best shown by visual example, and another is that the examples are not tied to any one GIS software package. Buttenfield, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder
The author's website (makingmaps.owu) offers excerpts from each chapter, links to related sites, and a regularly updated blog on the topic of making maps.. Featuring over 300 maps and other figures, including instructive examples of both good and poor design choices, the book covers everything from locating and processing data to making decisions about layout, map symbols, color, and type. For students, professionals, and others who want to make better maps, this is an essential, uniquely helpful resource. A concise, down-to-earth guide to creating maps using GIS, this book is visually engaging, clear, and compelling--exactly how an effective map should be