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Map Symbols: Permanent Snow & Ice

This manual establishes the design, weights, and gauges of symbols, and the type styles and sizes to be used in compiling and drafting standard topographic maps prepared by the Army Map Service for p… more →

Making Maps: DIY Cartography

Map Symbols: Permanent Snow & Ice

John Krygier wrote 4 months ago: This manual establishes the design, weights, and gauges of symbols, and the type styles and sizes t … more →

Tags: 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, Cartographic Design, Map Design, map symbols, Snow & Ice - Map Symbols

American Maps Are Bad

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: From the New York Times, August 2, 1892: American Maps Are Bad “It is doubtful,” says … more →

Tags: 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, Bad Maps, Map History, cartography, Maps, Wall maps

How Useful is Tufte for Making Maps? — 13 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Edward Tufte’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1998, 2nd edition 2001) is a c … more →

Tags: 06 Map Layout, 07 Hierarchies, 08 Generalization & Classification, 09 Map Symbolization, 10 Type on Maps, Map Books

Map Police Review: the MLA Language Map of the US — 1 comment

John Krygier wrote 2 years ago: The proliferation of mapping sites on the web provides ample fodder for critique by the map police … more →

Tags: 03 Mappable Data, 04 Map-Making Tools, 08 Generalization & Classification, Map Police


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