The Cartographer Who’s Transforming Map Design

[Isaac]

"By bringing research on visual perception to bear on design, Brewer says, cartographers can make maps that are more effective and more intuitive to understand. Many of the same lessons apply equally well to other types of data visualization."

[Otto Phocus]

Good.  Any effort to teach people the appropriate use (or non-use) of the rainbow palette can only make things better.