Lauded for its accessibility and beautiful design, this text has given
thousands of students and professionals the tools to create effective,
compelling maps. Using a wealth of illustrations--with 74 in full
color--to elucidate each concisely presented point, the revised and
updated third edition continues to emphasize how design choices relate
to the reasons for making a map and its intended purpose. All components
of map making are covered: titles, labels, legends, visual hierarchy,
font selection, how to turn phenomena into visual data, data
organization, symbolization, and more. Innovative pedagogical features
include a short graphic novella, good design/poor design map examples,
end-of-chapter suggestions for further reading, and an annotated map
examplar that runs throughout the book.
New to This Edition
*Expanded coverage of using mobile digital devices to collect data for
maps, including discussions of location services and locational
privacy.
*New and revised topics: how to do sketch maps, how map categories and
symbols have changed over time, designing maps on desktop computers and
mobile devices, human perception and color, and more.
*Separate, expanded chapter on map symbol abstraction.
*Additional case studies of compelling phenomena such as children's
traffic fatalities based on race, the spread of tropical diseases, and
the 2012 presidential election.
*Many additional color illustrations.
