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Map Police Review: the MLA Language Map of the US
The proliferation of mapping sites on the web provides ample fodder for critique by the map police (cartographic insiders). I usually feel a bit bad whining about the cartographic limitations of such...
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These Maps Tell Lies!
I was catching up on back issues of the magazine The Independent (the May 22, 1920 issue) and came across this historical tidbit entitled “These Maps Tell Lies.” (link to larger PDF) “An absolutely...
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How Useful is Tufte for Making Maps?
Edward Tufte’s The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (1998, 2nd edition 2001) is a classic book, arguably his best, and certainly a key text in the field of information graphics (which...
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More Principles of Map Design
Making maps is rife with rules. But following rules does not necessarily produce a great (or even good) map. It may be the implementation of broader design principles that leads to a successful map....
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Map Design Annotated: 13 Voyager Maps from Making Maps 2nd Edition
To understand map design, and how maps work, it is useful to see how map design concepts play out on a real map. One of the significant updates to the 2nd edition of Making Maps was the inclusion of a...
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