Kansas Association of Mappers - Creating Cartographically Appealing Maps

18 Mar 2019 9:31 AM

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Tyler Wehr (Administrator)

Are there source on the web to make maps look good.

Something to explain Text Style, Color, Layout, line type, etc.

I found this http://colorbrewer2.org/#type=diverging&scheme=BrBG&n=7

And I intend on picking up Cynthia Brewers book too.

Thanks All!

18 Mar 2019 10:56 AM

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Amy Roust (Administrator)

I haven't had a chance to take this, but Esri has a MOOC on that topic.

https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/596e584bb826875993ba4ebf/cartography./

19 Mar 2019 7:11 AM

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Sherie Taylor

I took the on-line instructor led Designing Maps class a couple months ago. Really good 2 day class.

19 Mar 2019 8:58 AM

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Lee Allen (Administrator)

Amy Roust wrote:
I haven't had a chance to take this, but Esri has a MOOC on that topic.

https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/596e584bb826875993ba4ebf/cartography./

This MOOC is really good!

19 Mar 2019 9:44 AM

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Tyler Wehr (Administrator)

Thanks everyone. That class is free great!

20 Mar 2019 8:12 AM

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Anonymous

one good book every serious cartographer should read is "How to Lie with Maps" by Mark Monmonier.

I took some Adobe InDesign courses at a local community college, and through that software training learned a lot about general graphic design, including stuff like typography, leading, kerning, tracking, RGB vs CMYK, all things that translate directly into good cartographic design.