frame 5 questions you would ask a catrographer
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1. The Value of Maps
1.1 To record and store information
1.2 To analyze locational distributions and spatial patterns
1.3 To present information and communicate findings
2. Cartography as Communication
2.1 Cartography is closely related to graphical communication.
2.2 Maps are symbolic abstractions of reality.
3. What Is a Good Map?
3.1 What is the goal of the map?
3.2 Who will read the map?
3.3 Where will the map be used?
3.4 What data are available for the map composition?
3.5 What resources are available (time and equipment)?
4. Basic Elements of Map Composition
4.1 Format of the final product
4.2 Issues of generalization, simplification, and abstraction
4.3 Basic map elements
a. Elements found on virtually all maps:
1. distance or scale
2. direction
3. legend
4. sources of information/method of processing
b. Elements that are sensitive to context:
1. title
2. projection
3. cartographer
4. date of production
c. Elements used selectively to assist effective communication:
1. neatlines
2. locator maps
3. inset maps
4. index maps
4.4 Elements are balanced within the visual hierarchy and frame of the map.
4.5 Experiment with map layouts.
4.6 There should be a defensible reason for each element placed on a map.
4.7 Less is more.
5. The Cartographer's Palette: The Semiotics of Cartography
5.1 The range of visual resources hue, size, shape, value, texture, orientation
5.2 Strategies of symbolization
a. nominal data
b. ordinal data
c. interval data
d. ratio data
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