Cartographic relief presentation
by Eduard Imhof · first published 2007
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Of course he did consider color blindness. Tufte recommends Imhof’s book Cartographic Relief Presentation on the subject of choosing colors for data graphics, and I’d second the recommendation. Or for something online, take a look at Cynthia Brewer’s work.
on “Show HN: Textures.js, SVG Patterns for Data Visualization” ↗…can be automatically made using easily available tools today. People willing to put in manual effort can get amazing results. The folks trying to make tools should be reading Patterson (and Imhof’s Cartographic Relief Presentation, and so on) and trying to make their tools produce output closer to the best work done by expert craftspeople.
on “Making 3D Terrain Maps (2017)” ↗I found the book Cartographic Relief Presentation (https://esripress.esri.com/display/index.cfm?fuseaction=disp...) to be an in depth resource on this subject.
on “Map Design – a guide to good looking maps (2008) [pdf]” ↗