Cartographer's Toolkit: Colors, Typography, Patterns

I do a lot of cartography and tend to keep with the basic color palettes for my products. This book really expanded the ways that I can improve the visuals that I create by using colors that I normally would not consider. It helps that the examples have the colors next to each other in several ways so that you can get a good feel for how they look together. I would recommend this to anyone that needs a few extra options for visual projects.

Cartography has never been my strong point when preparing my maps. I have some basic working knowledge and have a couple of older (20 years old) reference materials. Now this book won't teach you everything you need to know to be a better cartographer, nor does it pretend to, but it provides a lot of useful templates and guides that can assist you in your day to day work to make a better looking product.It's definitely a keeper on my bookshelf to inspire some ideas.

Outstanding reference. Not a lot of talking. Easy to find what goes with what. This font is best with oceans, that one is best with land. This font is better for titles. This color goes well with that color but not with that other color. Here's another way to display your map data which will send a different message ... or think about this other format, and have you ever thought about displaying your data in this way? and on and on. Very useful.

This is a good reference when I need some help making sure maps look cohesive.

If you are into mapping, this is a good basic start point for producing good looking maps. Perhaps a little too urban mapping focused.

This book was not written by a cartographer with an understanding of design but by a GIS technician. The map examples are invariably ugly, the palette examples are no better than defaults from ArcGIS. There is remarkably little substance in this booklet and I would recommend you to steer away from it. As there are no good cartography books (apart from some good reprints from ESRI) I would suggest perspective readers to buy some maps from reputable publishers (Michelin, Times Atlas, Rand McNally, DeLorme) and carefully observe them. You'll learn more about cartography doing that than by reading any recent book on the subject.

Very basic. Great for those unfamiliar.

This reference is the first one I pull off the shelf when looking for color schemes and typography matches. It is my single most reliable source for the building elements of a beautiful map.

A remarkable book that tackles the long neglected aspect of typography in cartography — highly recommended on this alone! If your a designer, cartographer, architect, planner, etc this is a go-to book for taking your map game to the next level!

A great help for any GIS/Cartography student. I would highly recommend it. The colour schemes alone are super helpful.Well written and presented. A+