[mapserver-users] color standards in layers

[Barend Köbben]

A good  place to visit is ColorBrewer by Cynthia Brewer:
http://colorbrewer2.org


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On 24-06-11 02:03, "Stephen Woodbridge" <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> wrote:

>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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