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1923 Patented Cartogram

Stop making cartograms! At least until permission is granted from the chap who holds the patent on them. Karl Karsten’s “population projection” was published in his book Charts and … more →

Making Maps: DIY Cartography

1923 Patented Cartogram — 3 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 week ago: Stop making cartograms! At least until permission is granted from the chap who holds the patent on … more →

Tags: 03 Mappable Data, 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, Cartograms - history, History of Cartography, Maps - patents, statistical maps, thematic maps

"BLAST!" is coming to New York City!! — 2 comments

artifactuality wrote 1 month ago: Finally BLAST! the movie is coming to town!! The extreme adventure science documentary BLAST! direct … more →

Tags: Project Stories, 3D, Animation, aperture, Artifactuality, Balloon-Born, BLAST, concept, Creative Ideas

Making Advocacy & Humanitarian Maps [updated] — 6 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 month ago: When Bill Bunge mapped out the locations of car/pedestrian collisions in Detroit (Detroit Geograph … more →

Tags: 01 What's A Map?, 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 04 Map-Making Tools, Advocacy Maps, Deep Map Thoughts, Map Books, Activism maps, Cartographic Design, Counter 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, 12 Finishing Your Map, Map History, Cartographic Design, map symbols, Snow & Ice - Map Symbols

Do you know what a cartographer is...

Justin wrote 4 months ago: …because I forgot. Here’s some cool examples of Daniel Reeves’ cartography (that i … more →

Tags: design references, cartography, art of maps, map making

Working Maps: 17th-19th Century French Manuscript Maps — 2 comments

John Krygier wrote 5 months ago: Prähistorische Karte von Südwestdeutschland und der Schweiz, 1879 (Protohistoric and Prehistori … more →

Tags: 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 09 Map Symbolization, 10 Type on Maps, 11 Color on Maps, Map History, History of Cartography, map symbols - farm fields, map symbols - French - 17th-19th century, map symbols - geology

New Book: The Natures of Maps by Wood & Fels — 3 comments

John Krygier wrote 6 months ago: Denis Wood & John Fels’ new book The Natures of Maps is available now from the University … more →

Tags: 01 What's A Map?, 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 03 Mappable Data, Advocacy Maps, Deep Map Thoughts, Map Books, Map History, Cartographic Design, Cartographic Theory

What is design?

Daniel wrote 8 months ago: The UK Design Council put together this really good answer to this really difficult question. So wha … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Graphic Design, Communication design, product design, furniture design

Map Symbols: Landforms & Terrain — 4 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Erwin Raisz is among the most creative cartographers of the 20th century, known in particular for … more →

Tags: 03 Mappable Data, 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, Cartographic Design, cartography, landform maps, map symbols, Maps, scenery on maps

Making Maps with Sound — 2 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Quite a few years ago I wrote an overview article on the use of sound for representing geographic d … more →

Tags: 03 Mappable Data, 09 Map Symbolization, 13 Multimedia Mapping, Map Symbolization, Mapping with Sound, Multimedia Mapping, Sonification, Sound Maps

Map Symbols: Wells and Springs

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Wells Springs Successful, Unsuccessful Nonmineral, Mineral Nonmineral, Mineral, Artesian, Gravity, … more →

Tags: 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, map symbols, Cartographic Design, Cartographic symbols, wells, Springs, Symbols

1911 Cartogram: "Apportionment Map" — 9 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: A cartogram varies the size of geographic areas based on the data values associated with each are … more →

Tags: 03 Mappable Data, 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, map symbols, Cartographic Design, cartograms, statistical maps, thematic maps

Map Symbols: Showing Multivariate Data with Texture — 2 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Map of New York City, Showing the Distribution of the Principal Nationalities by Sanitary Districts … more →

Tags: 03 Mappable Data, 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, Cartographic Design, cartography, Edward Tufte, ethnicity maps, Jacques Bertin, map symbols

More Principles of Map Design — 5 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Making maps is rife with rules. But following rules does not necessarily produce a great (or even g … more →

Tags: 02 Why Are You Making Your Map?, 06 Map Layout, 07 Hierarchies, 08 Generalization & Classification, 09 Map Symbolization, Deep Map Thoughts, Cartographic Design, cartography, Design

Matt Johnstone - superhero for the day! — 1 comment

jellylondon wrote 1 month ago: jelly good morning! last week our artist Matt Johnstone, known for his map designs and artwork on t … more →

Tags: jelly house, Jelly, jellylondon, Illustration, Animation, artwork, London, matt johnstone, Brighton

I am a map maker!!!

makingmap wrote 2 months ago: Contact us at hayfa.zahra@gmail.com to get our services. … more →

Tags: map-maker, map, making map, Maps, cheap map


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