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/ Outils. Géomatique. Éduquer aux TIC. Numérique ( était Tice ) Europe in 2100(Version 1.1) by JaySimons on deviantART. Practical Cartography: Maps and Prose. Practical Cartography: Maps and Prose The other day, I realized that map designers have a really strange blind spot. There’s a certain map element that nearly everyone incorporates, but I may have literally never seen any sort of advice, discussion, research on the role it plays in design. Map Projections? Layout? Prose, however, seems to get no attention whatsoever. I think I know the reason why this topic gets glossed over. To be specific… How Prose Gets Used in Maps For the sake of a cool (albeit informal) list, I’ve identified three common ways prose gets incorporated into maps. 1: The blurb The blurb might be the most common form of map prose. What topic, broadly speaking, the map is depictingwhy this topic is important or relevantsometimes: where the data came fromsometimes: a small primer on how to read the map or use its interactive componentsand often wraps up with: what conclusions can be drawn from the data Above: Brian Davidson - The AIDS Epidemic (2013). 2: The writeup.
How to Create Placemarks, Layers, and Polygons in Google Maps Engine Lite. Google Maps is a versatile tool that I've been using with students and sharing with teachers for years now. From simple virtual scavenger hunts to literature journeys to analyzing data in a geographic context, Google Maps has a lot of applications in the classroom.
Last summer Google unveiled Google Maps Engine Lite for creating custom maps. This tool will eventually replace the old custom maps option that is still available if you revert to Classic Google Maps. One of Google Maps Engine Lite's more noteworthy features is support of multiple layers on one map. Creating multiple layers on your map is completely optional but there are quite a few good uses of maps with multiple layers. Multiple layers could be used for showing data differences on a year over year or month over month basis. Google Maps Engine Lite supports importing and mapping data via spreadsheets. Your spreadsheet should have three columns.