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33 Map Elements to Include in Cartographic Design – GIS Geography

33 Map Elements to Include in Cartographic Design – GIS Geography

It’s time to create remarkable maps that make you an instant expert, attract positive feedback, and flood your portfolio with solid cartographic design output.

There’s no silver bullet for map design. It takes time and effort to create high-quality cartographic maps. Often, it entirely depends on user needs.

But there’s almost always reoccurring elements in map-making. That’s why we’ve put together this mapping checklist.

Northing-Easting

Do you think Northing-Easting / UTM will eventually replace latitude and longitude for coordinates on all printed topographic maps?

One could argue that Northing-Easting is harder to write down, hard to remember, and you have to make sure you set the proper the proper zone in your GPS before using.

On the other hand, latitude and longitude usually aren’t square on maps, because of projection issues. You can’t project latitude and longitude for maps (WGS 84) without significant distortions.

Google Maps uses Northing-Easting internally, but uses latitude and longitude for their user interfaces, including scripting. It works, but is a lot of internal conversions to make it work.