Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS UsersNewer Edition Available, 2nd Edition

Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to creating maps that communicate effectively. In Designing Better Maps, renowned cartographer Cynthia A. Brewer guides readers through the basics of good cartography, including layout design, scales, projections, color selection, font choices, and symbol placement. Designing Better Maps also describes the author's ColorBrewer application, an online color selection tool. The second edition includes a new chapter on map publishing.\nDesigning Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users 2nd Edition is written by Cynthia A. Brewer and published by Environmental Systems Research. ISBNs for Designing Better Maps are 9781589484375, 1589484371 and the print ISBNs are 9781589484405, 1589484401.