Map Making Resources

Cartography

• ArcGIS Mapping Center
  • "Ask a Cartographer" mapping solutions (ESRI)
• Color Brewer
  • Custom colorways including color-blind friendly, print friendly, quantitative, and qualitative color schemes.
• Coordinate Systems Overview
• Map Projection Overview
• GIS Resources Listed by State
• USGS Map Scale Tutorial [PDF-1.7M]

GIS

• ArcGIS Resource Center
  • Communities, Help, Blogs, Forums, Videos (ESRI)
• BatchGeo
  • Free, online geocoding service
• GIS in Public Health and Planning
  • A compilation of GIS tutorials, data sources, and case studies
• National Cancer Institute
  • GIS data, tools, and research

Spatial Analysis

• Clearinghouse of Spatial Analysis Tools, Case Studies, and Other Resources
• Error, Accuracy, and Precision
  • An article detailing the differences between and importance of accuracy, error, and precision.