"Learn from the best with this popular book on creating successful maps with any GIS or illustration product, written by an expert cartographer. For more than 18 years, Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users has been essential reading for all mapmakers who use geographic information systems (GIS) across industries and sectors, including government, commercial, creative, and academic. This third edition continues the reliable legacy of this book, distinctive in its clear and efficient emphasis on core cartographic ...
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"Learn from the best with this popular book on creating successful maps with any GIS or illustration product, written by an expert cartographer. For more than 18 years, Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users has been essential reading for all mapmakers who use geographic information systems (GIS) across industries and sectors, including government, commercial, creative, and academic. This third edition continues the reliable legacy of this book, distinctive in its clear and efficient emphasis on core cartographic concepts and updated with new and revamped design practices. With more than 400 full-color illustrations, this book applies map design best practices to both reference and statistical mapping, guiding you through the processes of planning mpas, using scale and time, understanding and using color, customizing symbols, and mofre. Whether you face the challenge of making well-designed mpas or are alredy adept at GIS data management and analysis but need better ways to sivually communicate spatial information and results, 'Designing Better Maps' teaches how to use GIS tools to design mpas in provocative and accessilbe ways"--
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