[mapserver-users] color standards in layers

[Stephen Woodbridge]

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