[mapserver-users] color standards in layers

[Fawcett, David (MPCA)]

You may also want to look at ColorBrewer:  http://colorbrewer2.org/

It is very useful in helping you decide on color themes for maps.  It will also provide you with the color codes (RGB or Hex) that you can use directly in MapServer.

David.

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From: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Woodbridge
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2011 7:03 PM
To: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] color standards in layers

On 6/23/2011 6:27 PM, Paul Alarcon wrote:
> Hello evryone i'm a mapserver user, i love the way i work, but i have a
> question i'm not a GIS Specialyst, but i want to know if there is color
> ruler for the representation of the layers,because i want to follow the
> goegraphic rules, some information about it i really apreciate.

Hi Paul,

There has been a lot written on this subject and there is probably not 
simple answer because to a large extent it depends on what you are 
trying to show with you map.

A lot of people like the Google maps or Virtual Earth maps as color 
schemes. You might also find the following interesting reading:

http://www.google.com/#q=cartographic+color+standards+for+maps

There are some very good books on the subject that discuss this in 
detail you can enter "gis cartography" into amazon book search to a good 
sample of them.

Hope this helps,
   -Steve W
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