GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design

This is the book to have on map design fundamentals. Not only does it give you all the basic design know-how — from fonts to colors to layouts — it also draws on many non-GIS disciplines, such as cognitive design and landscape architecture, to bring the best, new design concepts into the GIS realm.

You'll be encouraged to develop your creative skills in a chapter devoted to that subject, you'll get all the basic stuff down-pat, and you'll receive a motivating kick-in-the-pants to start really thinking about your maps and using your own novel approaches to solve all the problems that your unique data presents to you.

Written in a clear, accessible manner that is never boring and even sometimes entertaining, the book aims to be that one resource you will always want to have at your fingertips while designing your maps.

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