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Let’s Talk Cartography!Stephanie Oliver – Boulder County Transportation
GIS in the Rockies, September 20, 2017
“Good cartography has been
figured out, and we don't
want to take steps
backward.” - Andy Woodruff
“Learn the rules, then break some.”
• Title
• North arrow
• Scale bar
• Grid or graticule
• Legend
• Labels
• Location Map
• Notes about projection, coordinate system, datum,
data source(s) and any other pertinent details
• Who produced the map
Standard cartographic elements
“As for the matter of colour, what may be observed is simply without end. Those who have had no training in the way to see colour nearly always
deceive themselves into thinking that they see it as they know it is locally, whereas the trained eye sees colour due to relation and as it truly appears to be.”
– Gertrude Jekyll, Home and Garden
Bookmarks
• Capture your favorite map extent
• Export and import bookmarks
• Can be used for QA/QC and shared among
colleagues
• Or…use it to rebuild your MXD!
Save your template as an MXD
Load it using the Change Layout button
Note: MXT format is still supported but the file can be unstable
Cannot create new MXT files since ArcGIS 10.1
Annotation
• Advanced labeling technique
• Stored in a database or in map
• Scale dependent
• Not practical for every map
• Tricking the system
• Emulate someone else’s design,
standards, or symbology
• Using duplicate or “dummy” data
THANK YOU!
Special thanks to:
Kevin Sheehan – Manuscript Maps
http://www.manuscriptmaps.com/
Dave Watson – Boulder County Transportation
Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Stephanie Oliver
http://tinyurl.com/LetsTalkCartography