Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS

About this book

A concise down-to-earth guide to creating maps using GIS this book is visually engaging clear and compelling--exactly how an effective map should be. Featuring over 300 maps and other figures including instructive examples of both good and poor design choices the book covers everything from locating and processing data to making decisions about layout map symbols color and type. For students professionals and others who want to make better maps this is an essential uniquely helpful resource. The authors website (http://makingmaps.owu.edu) offers excerpts from each chapter links to related sites and a regularly updated blog on the topic of making maps.