The new ArcGIS.com from ESRI is officially online as a public Beta version. We have successfully moved from a dark background to white, as can be seen on the right.
ArcGIS Online Beta Screenshot
Jul 22
Everyone that creates maps has to deal with color, some way or another. While there are many different ways of going about it (refer to any textbook on cartography), few online resources seem to be up to the tasks. Well I recently stumbled upon NASA’s Color Usage website. Apart from the excellent articles and resources provided (thank you NASA), they also include a Color Tool (Java Applet) that allows one to explore colors in a very beautiful way. I hope you find the information there as useful as I have.
Jul 16
I have talked about cartography and typefaces in a previous post, but never actually provided any examples of those typefaces. I believe this would be a nice time to do so now.
May 06
A problem students often have when discussing typography related to cartography is the issue of readability vs. legibility. While this is not an attempt to cover the relevant literature, I do intent to provide examples to enable people to distinguish between the two. Continue reading »
