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Map Layout
A Brief History of Cartography
Sample Maps ArcGIS Layout Exercise
MIT - 1.963: Environmental Engineering Applications of GIS
9/20/04
Credits : Christian Adams
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A History of Cartography First Maps6200BC -Catal-Hyuk Map Wall Painting
Assyria map of Mesopotamia (2500 B.C.)on a clay tablet. (interpretation)600BC - Babylonia first map with worldsurrounded by the sea and heavenly bodies(interpretation )6 th century B.C. - first Greek map ascribed to
Anaximander no details survivePlato first to put earth as sphere- 400BCErasthosthenes- 250BC-measures the Earthscircumference accurately concept of grids450 BC - First Map in western literature:Herodotus
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Ancient Middle Ages
Eskimos in Canadian ArcticBedouin tribesmen in Arabian desert South Asia 8 to 6 th B.C.
Middle Ages and RenaissanceWorld Exploration Europe,Asia,N.AfricaWorld Map - Fra Mauro ,Venice (1447)1st Atlas Geography Bologna (1477)
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History (continued)
Jerusalem (1660s) Royal Observatory at Greenwitchestablished (1675) prime meridianNew England (1685) Dutch Nova Scotia (1771) Upper Missouri Basin (1882) Indians
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Big Steps
Work starts on the GreatTrigonometrical Survey of India (1802)First photos from a plane (1908)
Sydney (1922) Robinsons Aeroplane MapSputnik (1957), NASA (1958)
ArcInfo (1981) ESRI
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Design & LayoutIntended Audience
multiple designs are possible!
Map Purpose, Intended Messagevisual hierarchy of map elementsappropriate projection
judicious use of decorations (dont diminish content)Media, Resolution, and Viewing Distance
adjust type and line sizes to suitadjust colors to media & test maps in final media
Designbalance empty spaces in layoutavoid unthinking use of boxes around map elements
refine alignment to clean up map designexperimentation and critique in improving design
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Elements of a MapMain Map ViewLocator MapTitle and Subtitles
LegendsScale Indicator
Orientation IndicatorGraticule
Explanatory TextSource NoteNeatlines
Projection infoPublisher, year, etc.
Charts, Tables,Photos & GraphsLables
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National Parks -
Great Smokey Mountains
Carolina (1732)Carolinas (1861)Tennessee Roadless Areas (1979)Great Smokey Mountains Nat. Park
USGS Quad (1964)Great Smokey Mountains Nat. Park
Trail Map (1997)
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National Parks - Grand Canyon
Rio Colorado (1858) shaded relief USGS (1873)Panorama from Pt. Sublime (1882)Geology (1882)National Park (1926) relief
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National Parks - YellowstoneGeology (1878)Radar Mosaic (1968)Fire Damage (1988)
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United States Atlases1870
River SystemsRain
1880Rainfall
1890
Railroad System1970General Reference
PrecipitationMonthly Precipitation
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US Environmental DataMaine Coast Wetlands (1979) - NWIIrrigated Agricultural Land (1987)Water Withdrawls (1990) 3DImpaired Waters TexasBoston Population
DotsCirclesDensity
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Baltimore HarborWatershed Management StudySWMM ModelNonpoint Source ModelingFigures
Chapters 1-3Chapters 4-5
Appendix C
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Layout ExercisesESRI Virtual Campus
Sign in and establish an accountPenn State Edition: Cartographic DesignFirst Module Free: Big Picture DesignHand in printouts for Extra CreditOther modules & courses available through MIT
Lab Exercise 3Due next week Make it look professional!creative layout rewarded