Bad Map Design
This is a bad map for many reasons. The main problem is
there is entirely too much information. What is being displayed here could easily
be broken up into several maps. The author of this map may have interesting and
good data but one cannot understand what is being portrayed without spending a
good a lot of time reading each legend at carefully studying the map. The
author put in the time to gather data and make the map, but what you take out
is confusion of over lapping data on a very large scale.
Good Map Design
This is an example of a good map. This map shows clear and
detailed ancestry information through simple colors, which are pleasing to the
eye. It uses simple, neutral colors, which work well with this type of data.
The contrasts of neighboring colors make smaller details stand out. The labels
used are simple and clear information. This map follows all of Tufteisms from The visual Display of Quantitative
information. Although this map does not have a North arrow it is assumed
that North is up as the target audience will be some one from the United
States. Also the map would not be used for navigation purposes, as it does not
have navigable features.
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