Portsmouth maps [1 month]

I’m passionate about visualisation. I like nice maps that display exactly the information required to convey your message. I often omit using a north arrow for instance: conventions are that the north is displayed on top, so if I’m following the convention, I prefer not overloading my maps. I also think it’s important to start interpreting the map, in order to help the map reader to quickly grasp what I’m trying to show.

Some examples

Click on the maps below to read how I decided to make this particular visualisation, and/or how I did it.

My tools

Although my formal cartographic education was done in ArcGIS and MapInfo, and my first professional cartographic tool was MapInfo, I now prefer using open source software. I’ve a Mac on which I do not want to use Windows, and I think there are always good projects in the open source world. That being said, I’ve resorted a couple of times in the past years in using ArcGIS: either because that was what was required by the project, or simply because ArcGIS deals very well with unclean data..

QGIS

Cartograms

Python

My tools

Although my formal cartographic education was done in ArcGIS and MapInfo, and my first professional cartographic tool was MapInfo, I now prefer using open source software. I’ve a Mac on which I do not want to use Windows, and I think there are always good projects in the open source world. That being said, I’ve resorted a couple of times in the past years in using ArcGIS: either because that was what was required by the project, or simply because ArcGIS deals very well with unclean data..

QGIS

Cartograms

Python

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