Livro: GIS Cartography – A guide to effective map design Preface Acknowledgments Trademark Names Introduction No Design Experience? No Worries Full Disclosure What Is a “GISer”? Tick-Tock Goes the Clock Why Good Design Matters Audience How to Use This Book Skipping the How-tos to Get Straight to the Good Stuff Companion Web Site End Notes Creative Inspiration You Can Be Creative Doing Seeing An Example of How to See Applying All of This to your Map A Few Places to Start Seeing Art from Your Desktop End Notes Layout Design All Together Now Wait! Stop! Layout Checklist Element Details and Examples Title Best Practices Placement Style Subtitle Best Practices Placement Legend Best Practices Placement Style Maps Best Practices Placement North Arrow Best Practices Placement Style Date Best Practices Placement Authorship Best Practices Placement Style Scale Bars Best Practices Style Page border Best Practices Style Neat Lines Best Practices Style
Graticules Best Practices Style Network Path Best Practices Style Disclaimer Best Practices Style Data Sources Best Practices Style Data Citations Best Practices Logos Best Practices Placement Graphs Best Practices Placement Photographs Best Practices Placement Style Graphics Best Practices Placement Style Map Number Placement Style Tables Best Practices Style Copyright Placement Style Projection Best Practices Style Inset Map Best Practices Style Descriptive Text Style Style Context Arrangement Emphasis Map Simplicity versus Complexity Margins Balance Suggestions for Further Reading End Notes Fonts Chosing the Right Font Serif versus Sans Serif Decorative Script Letter Height, Width, Line Thickness Modifying the Font Point Size Other Modifications Placing the Text Text Direction Resources End Notes
Color Color Theory RGB Hexadecimal HSV CMYK CIELAB The Rules Figure-Ground Five Shades Are Enough Already Choropleth Mapping What Color Are You Today? Color Connotations Color Blending (or My Eyes Are Playing Tricks on Me) Contrast Color Everywhere Is Tiring Ensuring Readability for Color Vision Deficiency Inspiration Black and White and Modern Resources End Notes Features Roads Colors Rivers and Streams Colors Showing Hierarchy Showing Attributes Labels Bodies of Water Colors Labels Cities and Towns Colors Points Special Effects Labels Polygons Political Boundaries Colors Conventions Fuzzy Features Colors Technique Elevation and Hillshade Hillshade Colors Elevation Colors Hillshade Contours and Hypsometric Tinting Spot Height Labels 3D Elevation Parcels Colors Currents Colors Wind Colors Temperature Colors Land Use and Land Cover Colors Trails Colors Utilities Colors Field Mapping Impervious Surface Colors
Basins Colors Building Footprints Colors Soils Colors Cities and Towns Colors Spoil Datasets How to Show How Many Categories Is Too Many? From 2D to 3D (and Everything Between) Geology Colors Suggestions for Futher Reading End Notes Media Slides Viewing Distance and Obstructions Presentation Style: Fasto or Slow, Busy or Simple? Fast and Simple Slow and Simple Tips for Creating Simple Map Slides Slow and Busy Time and Research Wanted Reports Where do Put the Map Margin Elements for Report Maps Posters Summary Posters Detailed Posters Web Static Dynamic Dual Purposes DPI Export Considerations Suggestions for Futher Reading End Notes Appendix A – Layout Sketches Appendix B – Map Examples Appendix C – Color Swatches Index
