Computer Cartography - Week 4 Typography
This week's map was all about labeling. I had to figure out How to label various features without over crowding the map and ensuring the labels made sense. I used ArcGIS to make the map and then I used Adobe Illustrator to make the labels. The whole time I had my textbook with me so I could reference how to label a map correctly. I made the map in ArcGIS and then exported it to Adobe Illustrator, only to find out that I had not zoomed in on Marathon enough. I made the change and then exported again. Then the labeling fun started. The first few labels were fine: the fit nicely over the area that they described. Then the keys got smaller, so I added leading lines to show what each label was labeling. Then the cities and the areas of interest were added. Those were points so I had to add leading lines. I only realized after everything was labeled and I had exported the map that I used the leading line incorrectly; I had the lines touching the points that the label described. I went