Organizing GIS Display -
Power of Pursuasion
Overview - see KTKAV Chapter 4
- Know your audience (general
vs. detailed)
- Know your possible needs
GIS Graphical Layout
(versus simple maps)
- organizing display
- keep it simple (kiss)
- graphical techniques
(weighting, white space, etc.)
- legible labels and
symbols
- intuitive and standard
colors
- clear legend
- use text labels for
clarity
- themes
- series of maps
- series of land-use
change (p. 4-10)
- vegetation change
- crimes
- variable
scale (zoom in & out)
- can show features
at certain scale thresholds
- filtering (p. 4 - 7)
- display only what
you need
- different than querying
to select
- e.g. - class of waterways,
size of lakes, detail of roads, cities
- Classifying Information
- divide into groups
rather than using unique values
- e.g. household
incomes (see p. 4 - 13)
- Can also add charts,
tables, and other graphical elements
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