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A
absolute scale
accents
accessibility standards
achromatic colors
additive color mixtures
adjacent objects, alignment of
aerial photographs
AI format
Albers equal-area projection
altitude (angle) of illumination
American Planning Association (APA)
analytical shading
angle (orientation) of point symbols
annotation
anti-aliasing
ArcGIS: AI file type
cased lines
color selector
dynamic labeling in
editing annotation in
graphic export options
hillshading in
leading in
legend tools
pattern styles in
PDF options
pictograms
symbol-level masking
symbol property editor
tracking units
area feature labels
area pattern symbols
arrangement as visual variable
ascenders
attribution
audience, reading ability of
azimuthal projection
azimuths
B
backgrounds
balloons, cartoon
baselines
basemap layers: customizing
imagery
land cover
land use data
legends for
basemaps: design factors
landforms
scale (hydro and place data)
scale (terrain)
vector data
Bézier curves
bivariate color schemes
bivariate symbols
bold fonts
bold italic fonts
boundaries: boundary layers
cartographic boundary files
labeling boundary lines
in legends
options for lines
parcel data and
statistical
as theme
bowl
boxes around map elements
caching
cadastral maps
callouts
cap height
cartographic boundary files (census)
cartoon balloons
case in feature labels
casing (cased lines)
CC0 mark
census data
character map (in Windows)
character size and spacing
choropleth maps
chroma. See also saturation
CIECAM02 models
CIELAB color system
CIE xyY color space
CMYK/CMY color
color associations, offensive
color-blind readers
ColorBrewer: color schemes
diverging schemes
qualitative schemes
sequential schemes
color changes, unexpected
color circles
color classes
color contrast
color cubes
color depth settings
colorfulness. See also saturation
color mixing: CMYK mixing
color cubes
how to mix
RGB mixing
color printing
color quality
color ramps
color schemes: bivariate
for color-blind readers
custom color ramps
designing
diverging
diverging-diverging
in feature labels
qualitative
qualitative-sequential
sequential
sequential-sequential
spectral (rainbow)
color selections, adjusting
color selector in ArcGIS
color spaces
color systems
compression methods (images)
condensed fonts
conformal projections
continuous elevation ramp
contours
contrast, improving
contrast effects, simultaneous
copyright
counters
Creative Commons licensing
crediting sources
critiques
CSV values
curvature layer
curved labels
curves, Bézier
customized legends
D
dash patterns
data legends
decorative elements, overdoing
dense label placement
densely arranged layout
density legends
descenders
design process, essentials of
diacritical marks
digital elevation model (DEM): cell size of (resolution)
DEM-based layers for basemaps
hillshading and
landforms and
resampling and smoothing
direction (azimuth)
direction indicators
display fonts
display modes
diverging color schemes
diverging-diverging color schemes
dominant wavelength
dot legends
dots per inch (dpi)
draft maps
drop shadow
dynamic labeling
E
elevation. See also digital elevation model (DEM)
embedded fonts
empty spaces between map elements
enumeration units
EOT (Embedded OpenType Lite) Lite fonts
EPS format
equal-area projection
experimentation
exporting fonts
export options (maps)
extended font families
F
“fair use”
faux-bold fonts
faux-italic fonts
feature labels. See labels
feature types (point, line, area)
fill-in strategy
font names, variation in
categories of
choice of
families of
formats and permissions
free
importance of
FontShop
Font Squirrel
font substitution
four-color process printing
frame positioning
G
GeoJSON format
generalization
geoprocessing tools
georeferenced information, exporting in ArcGIS
GIF format
GNIS (Geographic Names Information System)
graduated lines
graduated symbols
graphic bar scale
graphic frames
graphic text elements, disadvantages of
graticule
H
halos
hatching
HCL color
hierarchy, visual
hierarchy of features
hillshading (terrain shading)
horizontal labels
horizontal scaling
HSB color
HSL color
HSV color
hue: as visual variable
data categories and
for labels
hue circles
hue transitions
saturated
uses of
HVC color
hydrographic data
hypsometric tints
I
IHS color
illumination, altitude (angle) of
images in basemaps
index contours
ink percentages
inset maps
intensity. See also lightness; saturation
intermediate contours
interpolation methods
isoline legends
italic fonts
J
JPEG format (.jpg)
K
kerning
Kimerling, Jon
L
labels: anti-aliasing
area label placement
as graphic text
as symbols
dense label placement
dynamic labeling
editing
essentials of
hierarchy indicators
line label placement
point label placement
size and spacing
landforms, representing: curvature
elevation
terrain shading
landscape orientation
land use: contours
imagery
land cover
property
layers, semi-transparent
layout: densely versus loosely arranged
planning
refining
visual hierarchy in
Lch color
leader lines
leading
leaf-on and leaf-off images
legends: annotations
basemap
construction of
customized
data. See also marginal text elements
legend tools in ArcGIS
legibility of fonts
letter-by-letter editing
letter casing
letter spacing
level of detail
licensing
licensing of fonts
lightness: as visual variable
for labels
for ordered data
saturation and
variation in
light to dark map colors
line breaks and spacing
line label placement
line symbols: casing of
patterns
size of
styles of
Ljg color
loosely arranged layout
Luv color
LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) format
M
map-design process
map elements
map size and viewing distance
marginal text elements: calculations
format of
line breaks and spacing
placement of
refining
titles
well-designed
max-quality file
Mercator projections
mixing color: CMYK mixing
color cubes
how to mix
RGB mixing
monospace fonts
MRLC (Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium)
multiple lighting directions (hillshading)
multivariate symbols
Munsell color system
N
National Hydrography Dataset (NHD)
National Land Cover Data (NLCD) categories
The National Map
National Map Viewer
Natural Earth data
n-class maps
NoDerivs license
NonCommercial license
non-Western language fonts
“no projection” (plate carrée)
north arrows
northwest illumination
notes
O
offensive color associations
open areas
open data
OpenType fonts
Optical Society of American Uniform Color Scales (OSA-UCS Ljg)
ordered data: color schemes for
visual variables for
orientation as visual variable
orientation of point symbols
orthoimagery
orthophotos
overlaying semi-transparent data layers
overlaying symbols
P
page orientation
parcel data
pattern arrangement as visual variable
pattern spacing as visual variable
pattern styles
PDF format
perceptual color systems
pictograms
pixel density
place datasets
plate carrée projection
PNG format
point data
point label placement
point size of type
points of interest (POI)
point symbols: angle of (orientation)
shapes of
size of
poor quality fonts
portrait orientation
PostScript fonts
ppi (pixels per inch)
print resolution
projections
proportioned lines
proportioned symbols
public domain maps
public licensing agreements
publishing maps, essentials of
purity. See also saturation
purpose of map, assessing
Q
qualitative area fills
qualitative classes, visual variables for
qualitative color schemes
qualitative-sequential color schemes
quantitative data
R
rainbow color schemes
raster export formats
reading ability of map audience
relief shading
representative fraction scale
resampling DEM data
resolution
RGB color
rights and permissions
river names, positioning
road data
round-number units for scale bars
RYB color
S
sans serif fonts
satellite imagery
saturation: as dimension of color
as visual variable
controlling
high-saturation colors
saturated hues
variation in
scale, mapping through: census data
hydrographic data
place data
terrain
scale bars
schemes, color. See color schemes
Section 508 compliance
segmented symbols
semi-transparent data layers
sequential color schemes
sequential-sequential color schemes
serif fonts
serifs
shaded relief
shadows
shape as visual variable
ShareAlike license
SIL Open Font License
simultaneous contrast effects
size as visual variable
slab serif fonts
slippy map
source notes
special characters
spectral color schemes
splined text
stream lines
strokes (in fonts)
substituting fonts
subtractive color mixtures
supplemental contours
SVG format
symbol-level masking in ArcGIS
symbol property editor in ArcGIS
symbols: area patterns
conventions for
line
multivariate
overlaying
point symbol shapes
point symbol size
proportioned and segmented
types of
T
tapering stream lines
terminals
terrain shading (hillshading)
text: annotation
dynamic labeling
graphic text
text elements. See marginal text elements
text fonts
themes for The National Map
three-dimensional color spaces
TIFF format (.tif)
TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) files
tiled maps
titles
topographic mapping themes
tracking
transparency
transparent layers
transportation data
TrueType fonts
type effects: as hierarchy indicators
callouts
halos
shadows
typefaces, consistent use of
type measurements
type sizes, unreadable
type styles
U
unexpected color changes
universal transverse Mercator (UTM) projection zones
unreadable type sizes
upstream drainage area
UTM (universal transverse Mercator) projection zones
V
vector basemap layers
vector export formats
vector overlays
verbal scale
viewing distance and map size
Vischeck website
visual hierarchy in layout
visual variables: area patterns
bivariate
for ordered and qualitative data
line symbols
multiple
multivariate symbols
pairs of
point symbols (angle)
point symbols (shapes)
point symbols (size)
types of
W
water features
web Mercator projection
Windows character map
WOFF (Web Open Font Format) fonts
wording of legends
work for hire
X
x-height
Z
zoning rules