Principles of Map Design

by Tyner, Judith A.

• ISBN13: 9781606235447
• ISBN10: 1606235443
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-03
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This authoritative, reader-friendly introductory text presents core principles of good map design that apply regardless of production methods or technical approach.

Author Biography

Judith Tyner is Professor Emerita of Geography at California State University Long Beach. She taught in the Geography Department for over 35 years, where she served as Department Chair for 6 years and as Director of the Cartography/GIS Certificate Program from its inception (1980) until her retirement. While at California State Dr. Tyner taught beginning and advanced cartography, map reading and interpretation, history of cartography, and remote sensing. She is a member of the Association of American Geographers, the North American Cartographic Information Society, the Cartography and Geographic Information Society, and the California Map Society. She is the author of two previous textbooks and over 30 articles.

Table of Contents

Map Design
Introduction	p. 3
Planning and Composition	p. 18
Text Material and Typography	p. 43
Color in Cartographic Design	p. 57
The Geographic and Cartographic Framework
Scale, Compilation, and Generalization	p. 73
The Earth's Graticule and Projections	p. 91
Symbolization
Basics of Symbolization	p. 131
Symbolizing Geographic Data	p. 146
Multivariate Mapping	p. 178
Nontraditional Mapping
Cartograms and Diagrams	p. 189
Continuity and Change in the Computer Era	p. 200
Critique of Maps
Putting It All Together	p. 213
Appendices
Commonly Used Projections	p. 225
Resources	p. 229
Glossary	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 245
Index	p. 251
About the Author	p. 259
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