{"product_id":"making-maps-a-visual-guide-to-map-design-for-gis-1462509983","title":"Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1462509983\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Krygier, John\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauded 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51976473182496,"sku":"NEW1462509983","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/making-maps-a-visual-guide-to-map-design-for-gis-1462509983","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}