As many of you know, the 2nd edition of GIS Cartography: A Guide to Effective Map Design is currently in the final final final stages of production. As I go through the page proofs one last time, I am reminded to let you dear readers know of one particularly noteworthy change to the text:
All “data are” references are now changed to “data is.” Undoubtedly this is cause for glee among the modernists. While “data are” is traditional and correcter* sometimes we (I) have to realize that traditional just doesn’t sound good or look good anymore.
A non-traditional yet delightful negative – positive space switch.
*see what I did there
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