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Cartography, Designing a good map

The second module for Computer Cartography expounds upon some of the lessons learned from the first module. These include a refresher of the essential map elements (map title, scale bar, north arrow [orientation], data source information, etc.) from Introduction to GIS (GIS 4043), and general typography principles in cartography ranging from type placement, variation dependent upon features and appropriate type size. The concept of map clutter from module 1 [...]

By |2024-04-08T10:51:54-04:00March 21st, 2024|GIS|Comments Off on Cartography, Designing a good map
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Cartography, the Good and the Bad

Advancing to our second week of Computer Cartography, the first module requires us to think about how we look at and interpret a map. Our task was to select for critical analysis and evaluation, both a map that we consider well designed, and another that is poorly designed. What a task that was, as there have been several over the years that fit both contexts. Trying to recall any [...]

By |2024-04-08T10:47:54-04:00March 15th, 2024|GIS|Comments Off on Cartography, the Good and the Bad
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Computer Cartography, the next step on the GIS Road to Fruition.

When I saw that Computer Cartography was my next class in the UWF GIS Certificate Program, I got pretty excited. Cartography has been an interest of mine going well back to childhood. When my siblings got a sketch pad to draw art, mine instead was used to draw maps. This passion stayed with me into high school and then college, where I would often doodle a small map in [...]

By |2024-04-08T10:42:50-04:00March 11th, 2024|GIS|Comments Off on Computer Cartography, the next step on the GIS Road to Fruition.
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