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Choosing map symbols and objects

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Choosing map symbols and objects

The practice of cartography, or mapmaking, exists for a long time. Although a computer makes the process easier and offers the ability to explore and edit designs, as a cartographer you must still understand the basic principles behind portraying spatial data and the aesthetic challenges in designing an effective and attractive way to communicate ideas. Map designers may choose a variety of strategies for symbolizing features in a map. A data layer may simply be portrayed using one symbol, or different features can be assigned different symbols depending on the value of an attribute field. Point data are shown using...

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What Is Cartography?

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What Is Cartography?

Cartography is the study and practice of all the facets of maps and map making. Everybody is involved with maps as a user. A growing number of people use digital maps or Geographical Information Systems to design their own maps. Good cartography is important because a well designed map communicates its message better than badly designed one. You will notice that the quality of maps varies widely. Some are adequate but not inspiring while others miss the point completely and fail to communicate their message at all. Graphical excellence consists of complex ideas communicated with clarity, precision and efficiency. However...

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Olympic maps for journalists

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Olympic maps for journalists

Maps can help illustrate news stories, give context to documentaries and add realism to dramas. If you'd like to use our maps in a newspaper, magazine, television programme or documantary then you can do so at no extra charge after buying an vector map of Rio 2016 Map.A journalist’s job is to get to the truth, or at least the point, so the reader can be more informed. Data can help expose facts that help a journalist tell important stories. Sometimes, visualizations of the data themselves can tell the story.Maps help unlock geographic data from the shackles of data sheets and sources....

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Rio de Janeiro City Map

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Rio de Janeiro city map Our detailed Rio de Janeiro (Рио-де-Жанейро, 里约热内卢, 里約熱內盧) city map (scale 1:16.500, or custom scale) contains editable layers for each map category like roads, buildings, rivers, et cetera. This Rio de Janeiro city map includes not only the city centre, but the suburbs as well. This is what makes Map Illustrator different compared to other map suppliers.File format: Abobe Illustrator CC™ or EPS. Divergent formats on request.Please contact us if you need a custom made city map. Advantages of the vector based city map of Rio de Janeiro Up-to-date, complete and high-resolution map Customize every...

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