Bill, A couple of websites that have interesting information:
Geography 353 Cartography and Visualization - course notes of John Krygier, the 2004 version was very good, but it's now under revision for the 2005 year and not 100% there yet http://go.owu.edu/~jbkrygie/krygier_html/geog_353/geog_353_sch.html ColourBrewer - Flash tool to select colour ranges that also has some background theory and tips http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/c/a/cab38/ColorBrewerBeta.html Jorge _________________ Jorge Gil Simulation Developer SPACE SYNTAX -----Original Message----- From: Data Directions [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 September 2005 03:48 To: [email protected] Subject: MI-L : Cartographic Design Principles Requested Even though I have undergone formal GIS training (MAppSC GIS) and have used MapInfo for over 10 years, I have not really investigated or been taught basic catographic principles. What books and / or websites would people recommend dealing with catographic layout / "niceties" / colours / text sizes, etc for presentation purposes. In particular, I am interested in design principles when preparing maps at various scales for output (A0 to A4) and also preparing JPEG's in MapInfo (in the visual sense mind you) for insertion to Powerpoint slides. I sometimes spend up to 30 minutes, playing with various line colours, against an underlying (varying) polygon colour and tackling varying text sizes for various areas of a map ... it would nice to learn about and then implement standards so that the maps look just that "bit more professional". Also, are there any country polygon datasets available that "range the colours" for elevation. I'm not interested in anything "raster", but I could see a use for polygons with a nice gradational range of elevations. Many thanks for all your comments. I will sum. Cheers, Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17897 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 17902
