Designing better maps : a guide for GIS users / Cynthia A. Brewer.
"Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to creating maps that communicate effectively. In Designing Better Maps, renowned cartographer Cynthia A. Brewer guides readers through the basics of good cartography, including layout design, publishing map...
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Full Text (via EBSCO) |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Redlands, California :
Esri Press,
[2016]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | "Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to creating maps that communicate effectively. In Designing Better Maps, renowned cartographer Cynthia A. Brewer guides readers through the basics of good cartography, including layout design, publishing maps, projections, color selection, font choices, label placement, and map symbol construction. Designing Better Maps also describes the author's ColorBrewer application, an online color selection tool. The second edition includes a new sections on preparing basemap content and combining multiple variables on maps."--Back cover. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 231 pages) : color illustrations, color maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-223) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781589484375 1589484371 |