List

5 - Learning outcomes - Graphic design

  • Define basic map design principles and techniques
  • Critique a high-quality map to
    1. evaluate its effectiveness in meeting its intended goals
    2. identify good design techniques that contribute to its effectiveness and could be adopted in other maps, and
    3. identify poor design choices that detract from its effectiveness and should be avoided in the future.
  • Analyze a given map need and plan potential design solutions, such as the choice of a type of thematic map.
  • Design a map that both
    1. effectively serves a given purpose for a given audience
    2. and has a desired aesthetic appeal.

Concepts

  • Cartographic Design
    The process of creating a map by using graphical design techniques to visually represent geographical phenomena.