The Top 5 Principles of Cartographic Design

There are, unfortunately, good and bad maps in the world. Good maps follow the principles of map design – something that can be learned with time. A good cartographer knows that the purpose of map design is to focus the attention of the user. While the rules can be...

Hints

Have fun playing around with the widgets and exploring the maps.   HINTS FOR PLAYING AROUND WITH THE MAPS.   The FIRST is an interactive, but static, map: You can zoom the map, and by hovering or clicking on any symbol, information about that earthquake pops up. The...

Earthquakes M6.0+

March 2018 Strong to great earthquakes (M6.0+) The Michigan Technological University’s UPSeis website where the discussion is about the science of seismology and earthquakes, classifies Earthquake Magnitude Classes & Scale as follows – I thought it would be...

MapLog

MapLog This Log will record interesting (we hope) map related posts from time to time. 3 Project showcase   Details about featured projects.   Clients & Maps   In this section there is a listing of clients and the types of maps we have created for them.   MapLog...

2018-03 MapLog

March 2018 Earthquakes in the last 6 months As in previous months, earthquake data with a magnitude greater than M4.5 on the Richter scale, for the previous month was downloaded. Up-to-date earthquake data is available from the USGS site (United States Geological...

2018-02 MapLog

February 2018 Earthquakes in the last 5 months As in previous months, earthquake data with a magnitude greater than M4.5 on the Richter scale, for the previous month was downloaded. Up-to-date earthquake data is available from the USGS site (United States Geological...