Designer's Guide to Creating Great Maps: Everything you need to know to create maps that impress your boss, your clients, and even yourself using QGIS, Adobe Illustrator, and a bit of Photoshop.
“Book Descriptions: The Designer's Guide to Creating Great Maps is a practical, hands-on guide for graphic designers who need to create amazing, professional-quality maps for print publishing.Are you a graphic designer and need to create a map (or maybe several), but don’t know where to begin? Or have you been using stock maps and want something better? This 755-page Guide is a practical, hands-on guide for graphic designers who need to create amazing, professional-quality maps for print publishing. It covers every step of map creation, from collecting the data to the final publishable map. This Guide is also useful for GIS pros who want to create better-looking maps.Unlike most other GIS/map books, this Guide is written for graphic designers, using the tools and language familiar to them. Most of the techniques involve the use of Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop (or equivalents) with the goal of producing print-ready maps for publishing; it does not cover interactive web maps.This Guide uses clear, step-by-step exercises to teach you the basics of using QGIS, and assumes no prior knowledge of GIS software. Links to all of the files used in the lessons and tutorials are included, plus links to companion videos and many external data sources. The Guide is organized into four sections:GIS Basics, which covers:GIS data types and how to work with themCollecting the dataUsing QGIS and other softwareMap projectionsMap TutorialsSix progressive tutorials covering basics to more advanced techniquesIncludes city, county, state, country, and world mapsTopicsLessons on specific topics, including data attributes, labels, roads, type, shaded relief, and georeferencing.Creating specialized maps including locator, attraction, and news maps.Special techniques including halftone shading, orthographic maps, and design enhancements.Case StudiesIn-depth walkthroughs of six published mapsAll purchases include free lifetime updates. I will be adding new and updated chapters periodically. These will be automatically sent to all purchasers.Table Of ContentsIntroduction Using Data Projections Tools Getting Started with QGIS Forsyth County Map Map of North Carolina USA Historical Trails Map World Data Map Greensboro Map Exporting from QGIS to Illustrator Basic Attributes Advanced Attributes Working with Labels Working with Roads Working with Water Type Using Symbols Georeferencing Working with Reference Materials Working with DEMs Coloring and Clipping DEMs NPS-Style Shaded Relief Output Resolution Editing GEOTiffs in Photoshop National Geographic Maps National Park Service Maps Thematic Maps Business Locator Maps Creating News Maps Creating Orthographic Maps City Attraction Maps 3D Downtown City Maps Battlefield Maps Creating Extruded Maps Using Graduated Symbols Using Custom SVG Symbols Creating 3D Maps in QGIS Line and Halftone Shorelines Old-Style Line Halftones Using Contour Lines Styling Map Areas Creating a Parchment Effect Using the Gradient Mesh Tool Finishing Touches Case Study: Coffee Map Case Study: Pyramid Map Case Study: Campus Maps Case Study: U-Boat Map Case Study: Silk Road Map Case Study: Islam Maps Read more” DRIVE
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