This manual establishes the design, weights, and gauges of symbols, and the type styles and sizes to be used in compiling and drafting standard topographic maps prepared by the Army Map Service for publication at the scale of 1:1,000,000. During the compilation stages, strict adherence to symbol specifications shall not be required. Line weights and [...]
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Map Symbols: Permanent Snow & Ice
Posted in 09 Map Symbolization, 12 Finishing Your Map, Map History, tagged Cartographic Design, Map Design, map symbols, Snow & Ice - Map Symbols on March 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
American Maps Are Bad
Posted in 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 12 Finishing Your Map, Bad Maps, Map History, tagged Bad Maps, Cartography, maps, Wall maps on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the New York Times, August 2, 1892: American Maps Are Bad “It is doubtful,” says Mr. Jacques W. Redway, in an article on the projection of maps in the Proceedings of the Engineering Club of this city. “if anything short of a special act of Providence could give birth to a more beastly specimen [...]
How Useful is Tufte for Making Maps?
Posted in 06 Map Layout, 07 Hierarchies, 08 Generalization & Classification, 09 Map Symbolization, 10 Type on Maps, 12 Finishing Your Map, Map Books on August 16, 2007 | 14 Comments »
Edward Tufte’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1998, 2nd edition 2001) is a classic book, arguably his best, and certainly a key text in the field of information graphics (which encompasses cartography). I know some cartography courses use the book as a text. I recall being inspired by the book as a neophyte cartographer [...]
Map Police Review: the MLA Language Map of the US
Posted in 03 Mappable Data, 04 Map-Making Tools, 08 Generalization & Classification, 12 Finishing Your Map, Map Police on July 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The proliferation of mapping sites on the web provides ample fodder for critique by the map police (cartographic insiders). I usually feel a bit bad whining about the cartographic limitations of such sites. Cartographers have a history of obsessing with rules and such obsession has, arguably, limited creativity and undermined innovations. Bad cop. However, not [...]
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