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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Isaac on September 02, 2015, 01:58:13 pm

Title: The Cartographer Who’s Transforming Map Design
Post by: Isaac on September 02, 2015, 01:58:13 pm

"By bringing research on visual perception to bear on design (http://www.wired.com/2014/10/cindy-brewer-map-design/?utm_content=buffere263a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer), 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."

Title: Re: The Cartographer Who’s Transforming Map Design
Post by: Otto Phocus on September 02, 2015, 02:07:14 pm

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