Re: Cartography question
Posted: Sep 21, 2009 10:54 am
Hey Spike
I'm always rotating my book so a non-directional symbol would be so much easier to deal with.
On north arrow - its standard cartographic principle to orient north up on the page (or screen or whatever).
However, I have violated that rule on occassion for layout efficiency or to align the plan view with the profile view that best shows the vertical extent of the cave or makes it easier to understand (depends on who I think my user will be).
That said, having north point up or either left or right on the "page" to me is acceptable. Its when North points down or any of those views between 90-270 that pushes the "rule" too far.
pk
I'm always rotating my book so a non-directional symbol would be so much easier to deal with.
On north arrow - its standard cartographic principle to orient north up on the page (or screen or whatever).
However, I have violated that rule on occassion for layout efficiency or to align the plan view with the profile view that best shows the vertical extent of the cave or makes it easier to understand (depends on who I think my user will be).
That said, having north point up or either left or right on the "page" to me is acceptable. Its when North points down or any of those views between 90-270 that pushes the "rule" too far.
pk