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New Esri Book Teaches the Principles of Good Map Design

December 29, 2015 By GISuser

map design

Redlands, California—December 29, 2015—Mapmakers should always strive to create maps that look great and get their message across clearly and succinctly. According to Esri president Jack Dangermond, more emphasis today needs to be placed on map design, especially on the web. “We need to spend more time designing maps and not just producing them,” Dangermond […]

Filed Under: EDU, Maps and Cartography, Top Press Tagged With: Cartography, map design

Unique Hand Drawn Map of London – Ten Years in the Making

October 13, 2015 By GISuser

Unique Hand Drawn Map of London

LONDON, October 13, 2015 – Fuller, aka Gareth Wood, a British artist, has drawn a meticulous map of London, which has taken an astonishing ten years to complete.

Filed Under: GISuser Promotion, Maps and Cartography, Top Press, video Tagged With: Cartography, London, map

Ever wonder to yourself, “Where on Earth?” Enter The Functional and Beautiful MapWheel

August 11, 2015 By GISuser

MapWheel is a new, functional and attractive piece of home decor intended to trigger fond memories, provoke conversations

Ever wonder to yourself, “Where on Earth?” Enter The Functional and Beautiful MapWheel — Simply put, according to the creators, A MapWheel is a new, functional and attractive piece of home decor intended to trigger fond memories, provoke conversations and celebrate locations that have significance to you. Indeed they are creative and I have no […]

Filed Under: Around the Web, Business, Maps and Cartography, THE EDITOR, Tips, Top Features Tagged With: Art, Cartography, kickstarter, mapwheel, travel

Map Tip – Amazing subway Style Maps

March 24, 2015 By GISuser

River maps - Subway Map Style

Like many of you, I’m a closet map junkie! I simply love maps and anything that remotely resembles a map! I have a particular fondness for “Subway” style maps – you know, a work of cartographic excellence that tells a story using the familiar London Underground style of cartography

Filed Under: Around the Web, Maps and Cartography, Tips, Top Features, Top Press Tagged With: Cartography, Maps, subway maps

Have Infographics and Data Visualizations Ruined Good Map Design?

January 18, 2015 By GISuser

ugly map

Cartographers take pride in their work, typically applying all the rules and principles of good cartographic design to their work, all in an effort to make people want to look at and appreciate their work (See Esri, Make Maps People Want to Look at). 

Filed Under: **Front Page, *BLOG, *FEATURES, Around the Web, Featured Event, FrontPage Leader, Maps and Cartography, THE EDITOR, Top Features, Top Press Tagged With: bad map, Cartography, map, map design, map production

New NASA Images Highlight U.S. Air Quality Improvement

July 10, 2014 By Editor

Anyone living in a major U.S. city for the past decade may have noticed a change in the air. The change is apparent in new NASA satellite images unveiled this week that demonstrate the reduction of air pollution across the country. After ten years in orbit, the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on NASA’s Aura satellite has been […]

Filed Under: Maps, Cartography, and awesome Data Visualizations Tagged With: and awesome Data Visualizations, Cartography, Maps, New NASA Images Highlight U.S. Air Quality Improvement, News

Seattle Sounders FC Visualizes Player Data with Tableau

July 8, 2014 By Editor

 Major League Soccer Club leverages data to analyze players’ fitness and readiness and maintain health throughout the season

Filed Under: Maps, Cartography, and awesome Data Visualizations Tagged With: and awesome Data Visualizations, Cartography, Maps, News, Seattle Sounders FC Visualizes Player Data with Tableau

Track Hurricane Arthur as it Threatens Mid-Atlantic with Live Esri Map

July 4, 2014 By Editor

Esri’s Hurricane Public Information Map is available for the media to embed or share as part of ongoing storm coverage. You can explore the storm’s projected path and live storm warnings from NOAA overlaid on geotagged social media from Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram.

Filed Under: Maps, Cartography, and awesome Data Visualizations Tagged With: and awesome Data Visualizations, Cartography, Maps, News, Track Hurricane Arthur as it Threatens Mid-Atlantic with Live Esri Map

Redfin Maps International World Cup Fandom across the U.S

July 3, 2014 By Editor

Today Redfin (www.redfin.com), the customer-first real estate brokerage, released an infographic that connects each of the 31 non-U.S. countries participating in the 2014 World Cup with a U.S. city that has many residents who were born there. The graphic illustrates where there are likely to be pockets of people from other countries rooting for their […]

Filed Under: Infographics, Maps, Cartography, and awesome Data Visualizations Tagged With: and awesome Data Visualizations, Cartography, Maps, News, Redfin Maps International World Cup Fandom across the U.S

MapLight Launches Interactive Maps to Track Campaign Contributions & Votes by Geographical Location

June 19, 2014 By Editor

June 19, 2014—MapLight, a nonpartisan research organization that tracks the influence of money in politics, announces the launch of an extensive mapping project examining the geographic origin of contributions to legislators by state; contributions from companies to legislators by state; and roll call votes by state and district on key bills in Congress. For the first […]

Filed Under: Maps, Cartography, and awesome Data Visualizations Tagged With: and awesome Data Visualizations, Cartography, MapLight Launches Interactive Maps to Track Campaign Contributions & Votes by Geographical Location, Maps, News

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