Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
If you have been involved in map creation for any period of time, chances are that you’ve heard of ColorBrewer. Originally created for academics by Cindy Brewer and Mark Hanower, this popular site helps novices and experts alike select optimized co...
[read more] Tags: map color palettes, map color schemes, map color selection, Map Design
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Ever need to find just the right piece of ZIP Code information? Here are a few ZIP Code related resources you may find useful and interesting. Leave a post if you have others to suggest!
Individual 5 Digit ZIP Codes
Map of Single ZIP Code Boundarie...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Version 1.8.2 of Maponics Postal Map Data is now available - featuring significant enhancements over every previous release! This latest release includes 640,000 mapped carrier routes; we believe that’s over 100k more than any other provider ...
[read more] Tags: carrier route boundaries, carrier route data, carrier route map data, postal map data, ZIP Code Boundaries, ZIP Code data, ZIP Code map data
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
ESRI’s Mapping Center is a year old and continues to expand its collection of useful cartographic information. While focusing on ESRI’s ArcGIS, most of the ArcGIS-related tools and suggestions can be applied to non-ArcGIS platforms, and ...
[read more] Tags: Cartography, Map Design, Map Making, Map Style
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
We are very excited to announce that we have increased our neighborhood boundary data coverage by over 30% today, with our latest data release! Read about our coverage expansion and our new neighborhood hierarchy in this press release:
Maponics Relea...
[read more] Tags: neighborhood boundaries, Neighborhood Data, neighborhood information, neighborhood map data
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Did you know that the Custom Maps offered by the Maponics Online Store are more customizable than any others you can order online? Learn what is unique about these maps - listen to this recent interview of Maponics’ Darrin Clement by PRWeb!
Wa...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
TypeBrewer.org features a great interactive tool to help you design optimized map templates. Rather than just providing a font wizard, the site allows you to explore how topography and font interplay. This way, you learn why map templates work or don...
[read more] Tags: Cartography, Map Design, Map Making, Map Style
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