Maps for Storytelling

Published on Oct 11, 2018

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Maps for Storytelling

Photo by brianfagan

cartography is not storytelling

data is not knowledge

The art of less

What needs to be there...and what doesn't
Photo by Matt Artz

Map elements

  • Headline/title-descriptive
  • Legend/key
  • North arrow
  • Scale bar and text
  • Citation

Map symbols

  • Roads
  • Buildings
  • Waterways
  • Historical or notable features
  • Markers
  • etc.

Map typography

  • Labels
  • Annotation
  • Graphic text
  • Fonts

Map types

  • Annotated
  • Locator
  • Timeline/directional
  • Noise/heat
  • Topographic
  • Thematic
  • Cloropleth
  • Proportional

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