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<\/a><\/p>\nIncreasingly<\/strong> I am finding myself struggling to make maps, there are so many options and so many tools out there it’s difficult to know where to start. \u00a0 I realised I needed the basics, I needed a reference book with workable examples and things like fonts and hex colour codes, then I saw this book…<\/p>\n Do you make maps? Do you use a GIS package and spend too much time creating symbology for your maps? If the answer is yes then this book is for you! It’s a great reference for making good looking and legible maps. Need a colour scheme that works? The author has included hex, rgb an cmyk codes with her large sample of coordinated palettes.<\/p>\n Need inspiration for choosing the right font? This book gives example maps and text in a variety of fonts (free and fee fonts). The last section is a good selection of inspirational maps under the heading ‘composition patterns’. Each mapping style has a good set of example maps as well as guidance text on usage and how to achieve these styles.<\/p>\n This is not like her first book “GIS Cartography”<\/a> which was far more in-depth and quite a heavy read. Cartographers Toolkit is one you want to have on or near your desk whilst setting up mapping styles.<\/p>\n One last thing to note, this book does not rely on knowledge of a specific piece of software (ArcGIS, MapInfo etc..).<\/p>\n You can follow the author Gretchen on Twitter\u00a0(http:\/\/twitter.com\/PetersonGIS<\/a>)\u00a0or read her blog at\u00a0http:\/\/www.gretchenpeterson.com<\/a><\/p>\n I have posted this review in part on Amazon UK as well.<\/p>\n