Creating an Award Winning Map Using Advanced Cartographic Techniques

Rebecca Broadbent - Austin Community College

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1. Using Advanced Cartographic Techniques to Create an Award Winning Map Rebecca Broadbent TNRIS GIS Forum October 26, 2016
3. Geo-Genealogy of England and Wales •  Show spaMal distribuMon of family names in England and Wales in 1881. •  PaQerned aRer the Geo-Genealogy of Irish Surnames Map by Kenneth Field.
4. DESIGNING THE BASEMAP
5. Color •  Be familiar with the customary colors for your map theme, and then decide if you want or need to change them to get your desired look. •  Experiment with different colors—try something you have not tried before. •  Go beyond the defaults.
7. Learn New Techniques and Tools •  ArcGIS online help
8. Raster Tool Examples
9. •  ShuQle Radar Topography Mission data. •  90 meter resoluMon. ElevaMon SRTM SRTM raster with counMes layer ARer applying hillshade to the raster
10. Customizing the Hill Shade
11. SYMBOLIZING COUNTY BORDERS
12. County Borders Default symbology for county borders County borders with custom symbology
13. ADDING SURNAMES TO THE MAP
15. Fonts •  Choose fonts that complement and add to the story of your map. •  Cartographer’s Toolkit: Colors, Typography, Pa5erns by Gretchen N Peterson. •  Experiment and try new things. •  Go beyond the defaults!
16. •  Experiment with different Text opMons. Fonts
18. Adding Surnames to the Map
19. Adding more surnames to the map
21. Customizing the Surnames Layer •  Surname text was chosen to complement the historic nature of the data being mapped. – Goudy Medieval for surnames. – Goudy Old Style for other map elements. •  Size of the surname indicates how many people with that surname were born in that county. •  Surnames are placed to reflect the populaMon density within each county at the Mme of the census.
22. The Final Surnames Layer
23. DESIGNING A COASTAL VIGNETTE
24. Coastal VigneQe
25. Symbolizing the Coastal VigneQe
26. Coastal VigneQe
27. Customizing the Coastal VigneQe
28. Coastal VigneQe
29. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER: THE MAP LAYOUT
30. Map Marginalia
31. Middlesex County
34. Cartographic representaMon for reference map
35. Grid and Map Index
36. Grid and Map Index
37. Grid and Map Index
38. Grid and Map Index
40. Tick Tock Goes the Clock •  Lots of “liQle” touches adds up to lots of Mme •  Is it really worth the extra Mme and effort? – Consider the alternaMve: a bad map. – Try a “before and aRer” comparison. – Try moMvaMon through recogniMon.
41. Map Design Ideas Look at maps other people have made Keep map books nearby to refer to when you need new ideas