- Turning a map into an aged paper handout: using blend modes in PhotoShop or Gimp. I’ll bet you can also use TileMill to do this now, with their new color blending options. This is a short how-to, worth looking at.
- Jerry’s top ten crime mapping tips: This is an old pdf from 2001 that starts out with a sarcastic list of map design considerations, akin to the one I put together on a previous April Fool’s Day. The only one I disagree with is the north arrow, which in many cases is just unnecessary. At least he states that it should be simple and small.
- Improve your cartography-ten tips for on-screen maps: This is mostly about color, which the author asserts is the most important thing on a map. I agree that you need to experiment a lot with color before settling on a color scheme.
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