[OKGIS] Book(s) on beautifying maps

[Mark R. Micozzi]

Aaron,
Not up on this issue and more of a question for Dr. Plumb.  Send this
email to him or I can forward it to him for you.  He is on vacation and
will return on Monday.  Glad to hear that display has peaked your
interest.
All the best,
M. Micozzi

-----Original Message-----
From: okgis-bounces at gis.gis.ou.edu [mailto:okgis-bounces at gis.gis.ou.edu]
On Behalf Of Aaron Champion
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:27 PM
To: Oklahoma GIS Community
Subject: [OKGIS] Book(s) on beautifying maps

All:

I had a question about improving the aesthetic quality of maps.  I've
read Tufte's "The Visual Display of Quantitative Information" several
times, but I'm more curious now about books specifically dealing with
techniques on beautifying maps created in ArcGIS.  Typically my work
flow is to build the map in ArcGIS, turn on a layer at a time and
export it as a transparent tiff or png, and do the final touchups in
Photoshop.  There are several reasons as to why I dislike this method.

Is anyone aware of any books on this topic, or has ESRI and the GIS
community still not clued in to the importance of visually-pleasing
(and accurate) maps?

Regards,

Aaron Champion
Association of Central Oklahoma Governments
Transportation Planning and Data Services
21 East Main Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-2405
P: (405) 234-2264   F: (405) 234-2200