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GroundquestMSA wrote:I know that some traditional cartographers sneer at color on a cave map, but lots of new SVG maps I've seen are colored. Was there anyone that colored maps in the days of old? Do they still exist? Can I see one? How was it done? Will a hand colored map look like a third grade art project? Is there any other way, besides color or the traditional symbols, to indicate bedrock and soil floors in the plan view?
I don't like the bedrock symbol. Or the dirt symbol.
GroundquestMSA wrote:I don't know what I want. Waaaah. I haven't been able to create alternate symbols that look good. That's why I'm thinking of playing with color.
I don't like the flowstone symbol either. It's quite undignified.
GroundquestMSA wrote:Chad, do you differentiate between sand/dry dirt/wet soupy mud with color? Or with symbols for that matter?
Chads93GT wrote:IMO more people need to use notes to explain what is going on. If people ask too many questions about a map ive done then I feel I have failed as a cartographer.
GroundquestMSA wrote:Chads93GT wrote:IMO more people need to use notes to explain what is going on. If people ask too many questions about a map ive done then I feel I have failed as a cartographer.
Amen. I like notes on a map. Sometimes I spend far too long trying to describe something with lines and symbols when I could do a much better job with words.
GroundquestMSA wrote:I know that some traditional cartographers sneer at color on a cave map, but lots of new SVG maps I've seen are colored. Was there anyone that colored maps in the days of old? Do they still exist? Can I see one? How was it done? Will a hand colored map look like a third grade art project? Is there any other way, besides color or the traditional symbols, to indicate bedrock and soil floors in the plan view?
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