Making Maps, Third Edition : A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS Paperback / softback
by John Krygier, Denis Wood
Paperback / softback
Description
Lauded for its accessibility and beautiful design, this text has given thousands of students and professionals the tools to create effective, compelling maps.
Using a wealth of illustrations--with 74 in full color--to elucidate each concisely presented point, the revised and updated third edition continues to emphasize how design choices relate to the reasons for making a map and its intended purpose.
All components of map making are covered: titles, labels, legends, visual hierarchy, font selection, how to turn phenomena into visual data, data organization, symbolization, and more.
Innovative pedagogical features include a short graphic novella, good design/poor design map examples, end-of-chapter suggestions for further reading, and an annotated map examplar that runs throughout the book. New to This Edition *Expanded coverage of using mobile digital devices to collect data for maps, including discussions of location services and locational privacy. *New and revised topics: how to do sketch maps, how map categories and symbols have changed over time, designing maps on desktop computers and mobile devices, human perception and color, and more. *Separate, expanded chapter on map symbol abstraction. *Additional case studies of compelling phenomena such as children's traffic fatalities based on race, the spread of tropical diseases, and the 2012 presidential election. *Many additional color illustrations.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:293 pages
- Publisher:Guilford Publications
- Publication Date:03/10/2016
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- ISBN:9781462509980
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:293 pages
- Publisher:Guilford Publications
- Publication Date:03/10/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781462509980