Number 42, Springjournal 2002 of the Northcartographic American Cartographic perspectives Information Society 1 cartographic perspectives Number 42, Spring 2002 in this issue Letter from the Guest Editor FeatURED ARTICLES Using ArcMap to Enhance Topographic Presentation 5 This special issue of Cartographic David Barnes Perspectives chronicles the sessions of the first NACIS Practical Car- Photoshop 6 Tutorial: How to Create Basic Colored Shaded 12 tography Day, held at NACIS XXI Relief in Portland, Oregon in October of Alex Tait 2001. The long promised write- ups of the how-to tutorials and Bryce 5 Tutorial: How to Drape a Satellite Image Onto a DEM 18 the informative presentations are Tom Patterson contained herein. We have a total of seven articles Afghanistan Maps 26 and I extend a warm thank you to Richard Furno those Practical Cartography Day participants who took the time to MAPublisher – Little Known Tips and Tricks 31 put their presentations into a writ- Ted Florence ten format. Some of the immediate impact and nuances of the presen- The Perfect Cartography Software, and How We Live 36 tations, made in a hands-on man- Without It ner on a computer, may be lost but Brandon Plewe the overall value remains in seeing what cartographers are doing in a The Design of Globe Gores 46 practical context. Daan Strebe Three articles come from the session on two- and three-dimen- CUAC MINUTES 55 sional topographic presentation. Submitted by Dan Seldin David Barnes evaluates the capa- bilities of ESRI ArcGIS to create relief shading and other basic topo- graphic techniques and also adds (continued on page 3) NACIS WEB SITE www.nacis.org 2 cartographic perspectives Number 42, Spring 2002 Editor Scott M. Freundschuh cartographic perspectives Department of Geography University of Minnesota Duluth, MN 55812 (218) 726-6226 journal of the fax: (218) 726-6386 North American Cartographic Information Society [email protected] ISSN 1048-9085 Cartographic Perspectives is published triannually © 2002 North American Cartographic Information Soci- Assistant Editor Cartographic Techniques Editor Map Library Bulletin Board Editor James R. Anderson, Jr. Charlie Frye Melissa Lamont FREAC ESRI Data Library, McLean Laboratory Florida State University 380 New York Street Woods Hole Oceanographic Tallahassee, FL 32306-2641 Redlands, CA 92373 Institution (850) 644-2883 (909) 793-2853 WHOI Mail Stop 8 fax: (850) 644-7360 [email protected] Woods Hole, MA 02543 [email protected] (508)289-3396 fax: (508)457-2183 [email protected] Essay Section Editor Book Review Editor Matthew McGranaghan Online Mapping Editor Ren Vasiliev Department of Geography Jeremy W. 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Lou is a cartographer and graphic CartographicBob Lloyd Perspectives artist with the Florida Resources and Universityis published of South triannually Carolina Environmental Analysis Center at The Florida State University. Number 42, Spring 2002 cartographic perspectives 3 an advanced technique for prepar- of the content of the presentations tion and answer time allowed for ing Swiss-style hill shading in Arc and a view of what the day was interaction between attendees and Spatial Analyst. I present a step- like. I would also like to take this presenters. Though this “open by-step guide to using the most opportunity to relate the activities mouse” set-up was constrained common pixel-pushing graphic surrounding an event that many by the small room and a fifteen arts program, Adobe Photoshop, to of us hope will become a NACIS minute time limit, it proved to be create relief shading, hypsometric tradition. animated and informative and the tinting and colored shadows and When I first pestered my friends cartographic techniques were flow- highlights. Tom Patterson leads the in NACIS about having more ing in both directions. way in three-dimensional tech- sessions and workshops devoted Attendees of Practical Cartog- niques with a tutorial for using to the activities of the working raphy Day I completed question- Corel Bryce to drape a satellite im- cartographer, every one of them naires about the event. The most age onto a digital elevation model. nodded enthusiastically and said consistent comment was that we From our session on special “yes, that would be great, what do should do it again. As we look to mapmaking techniques with draw- you propose?” This got me think- future Practical Cartography Days ing programs, Dick Furno presents ing and talking more and more as at NACIS Annual Conferences, the his practical tips for dead-line map Milwaukee led to Williamsburg feedback we received in Port- production at the Washington and Williamsburg led to Knoxville land is very valuable. We asked a Post. The unique world of a daily and before I could help myself I variety of questions and as often publication provides important was on the NACIS Board and had occurs in a survey, many people real world incentives for the practi- volunteered to be lead organizer criticized the very things others cal cartographer to work quickly for the first Practical Cartography extolled: too big, too small, too and accurately. Dick shows the Day. long, too short, etc. Some desires advantages of combining database There was a devoted crew of for a Practical Cartography Day and drawing applications (Azi- fellow practicing cartographers are highly individual! muth and Freehand) to maintain who had also been buzzing for Here are some of the comments an accurate base map and produce more hands-on cartographic topics people wrote about what they publication quality maps. at NACIS and they eagerly volun- liked most about Practical Cartog- Our final three articles are from teered to help. We began organiza- raphy Day: the session on using geographic tional discussions in early Spring “Seeing how other cartogra- data. Brandon Plewe examines the of 2001. Because we planned for a phers solve the same problems we practical cartographer’s dilemma small, intimate gathering of 30 or have.” of living without the perfect car- so, we figured a late starting date “I liked the open mouse time tographic software. He provides a for organizing would work fine. – the good sense of humor of the valuable evaluation of the needs What transpired for Practical presenters.” of the professional cartographer Cartography Day in Portland went “It shows that we are all still and abilities and liabilities of the far beyond our initial expectations. learning and adding to our skills.” current software used for map- We had over 100 cartographers “Meeting other cartographers— making. Ted Florence provides attend our intimate gathering. networking—synergy of ideas.” little known tips and techniques We held four sessions: 2d and 3d “Variety of topics and rapid for using Avenza MAPublisher Topographic Presentations, New pace.” and being the company president, Media Maps, Special Techniques “I liked being shown the tools he knows some excellent tricks. A for Mapmaking in Drawing Soft- and steps that are used to create particularly practical tip is how to ware, and Using Geodata. These map graphics.” create an ASCII file with your own consisted of short presentations “Seeing how techniques are lat/long coordinates for mapping. followed by “open mouse” time applied to everyday cartographic Finally, Mapthematics GeoCart with each presenter at a com-puter work.” software author Daan Strebe looks for questions and answers. “Exposure to new techniques at appropriate projections for globe Despite some computer/projec- and software.” gores. This unique cartographic tor issues and a room that was a We also asked people to note ar- problem requires careful planning little small for a hundred practical eas where things didn’t go as well: and projection selection to mini- cartographers, we had a very suc- “I couldn’t ask questions of all mize distortions. cessful day. The presentations were the speakers in the time allotted.” I hope these articles give NACIS highly engaging and many lauded “I didn’t like the open mouse members who were not at Practi- the value of watching practical time.” cal Cartography Day a sampling cartographers at work. The ques- “Needed more space, hard to 4 cartographic perspectives Number 42, Spring 2002 get to presenters when people “Wanted more detail on FLASH All in all, quite a satisfying crowded around during open cartography, more how-to ” experience for the participants and question and answer time.” “More on web-based mapping, organizers and we will be doing it “Wanted more explanation of virtual reality, printing of maps ” again. The next Practical Cartogra- reasons for software choices.” A few common themes emerged phy Day will take place at the NA- “Open mouse time would from the comments. We needed CIS Annual Conference in Jackson- have worked better with smaller a more time and smaller groups ville, Florida, in October of 2003. groups.” (This was a common for the “open mouse” concept to We are gathering volunteers now comment and something to ad- be successful. Generally people to help with organizing and to be dress for the future.) thought there were too many pre- involved in preparing for the day.