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Cartominutiae: Combined Symbols on Maps

The construction of symbols on maps requires the interaction of many elements.  How these elements come together – literally the intersection of bits of points, lines, and areas – is the … more →

Making Maps: DIY Cartography

What's A Map? — 1 comment

John Krygier wrote 1 month ago: Map: “a spatial representation of reality” spatial: consisting of at least two dimensio … more →

Tags: Lecture, cartography, map

Cartominutiae: Combined Symbols on Maps — 3 comments

John Krygier wrote 1 month ago: The construction of symbols on maps requires the interaction of many elements.  How these elements … more →

Tags: 09 Map Symbolization, Cartominutiae, Map Symbols - Combined, Map Symbols - Guides, Symbols

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 Design, Snow & Ice - Map Symbols

Map Symbols: Trees & Forests on Old Russian Maps — 6 comments

John Krygier wrote 6 months ago: Examples of map symbols used to show trees and forests on old Russian maps (1700s & 1800s) are … more →

Tags: 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, Cartographic Symbols - Trees and Forests, Historical Maps - Russia, History of Cartography, history of maps, Map Symbols - Trees and Forests, Russian Map Symbols - Historical

Map Symbols: Gibbets, Gallows, Execution — 3 comments

John Krygier wrote 9 months ago: Official sites of execution – prisons, military bases, etc. – are found in parts of the … more →

Tags: 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, Capital Punishment, Executions, Gallows symbos, Gibbet Symbols, Map Symbolization

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 Design, Maps, scenery on 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 Design, 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 Design, 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 Design

Map Symbols: Coastlines — 1 comment

John Krygier wrote 1 year ago: Ah, the shingly shore… William McTaggart, A Shingly Shore, oil on canvas, 1904. The nature o … more →

Tags: 09 Map Symbolization, Map History, Coastlines, nautical maps


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