Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, 2/e (Paperback)

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.

《設計更好的地圖：GIS使用者指南》第二版是一本全面指導如何創建有效傳達訊息的地圖的指南。在《設計更好的地圖》中，著名地圖製作人Cynthia A. Brewer引導讀者了解良好地圖製作的基礎知識，包括版面設計、比例尺、投影、顏色選擇、字體選擇和符號放置。《設計更好的地圖》還介紹了作者的ColorBrewer應用程式，一個在線顏色選擇工具。第二版還新增了一章關於地圖出版的內容。