Posted in Making Maps Book News on October 23, 2005 | No Comments »
Q: How does Making Maps relate to GIS software?
A: Making Maps focuses on the mapping side of GIS, or any software that allows you to design and create maps. The examples in the book were not, for the most part, created with desktop GIS software. This is because it is difficult (if not impossible) to [...]
Posted in Making Maps Book News on September 10, 2005 | No Comments »
Q: Making Maps is an weird cartography book - what were some of the ideas behind its creation?
A: A NACIS Conference (Oct. 12-15 in Salt Lake City) included a panel of critics (Stuart Allan, George McCleary, Peter Keller, Margaret Pearce) interrogating Cindy Brewer’s new book Designing Better Maps (ESRI Press, 2005) and Making Maps. I [...]
Posted in Making Maps Book News, Maps Made on August 5, 2005 | No Comments »
Q: How were all the example maps in Making Maps created?
A: The primary software I used to create Making Maps was Freehand on a Mac. I learned Illustrator and Freehand in versions 1.0 back in the day while working at the Cartographic Lab at UW Madison. I have always liked Freehand better than Illustrator, despite [...]
Posted in Making Maps Book News on August 2, 2005 | No Comments »
Q: What tunes did you listen to while making Making Maps?
A: iTunes was essential software for the completion of Making Maps. I have always listened to music while making maps, but have never been able to listen to music while doing other work. Curious. Various and sundry tunes wafted in the background whilst I worked [...]
