Making Great Maps – From Print To Internet

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2014 Esri DC Dev Summit Lightning Talk

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Making Great Maps

From Print To Internet

Jonah Adkins | @JonahAdkins

What Is The One Thing The Viewer Will Take Away From The Map?

"...If you don't know what your map is supposed to be telling us, neither do we.." - Stephanie May

Find Some Inspiration
Use A Color Palette
Know Your Options
Choose Fonts Wisely

The Word Map On A Map

Overly Descriptive Titles That Require Time To Understand Because They Have So Many Words In Them And Have Even Longer Sub-Titles That Further Confuse The Reader

A.N.K. Acronyms Nobody Knows

unformatted_layer_names

unusable scale bars

Start or Join A #maptime

or attend a #geodev meetup

Experiment & Have Fun
Thank You, Thank You Very Much Jonah Adkins | @JonahAdkins
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Making Great Maps From Print To Internet Jonah Adkins | @JonahAdkins