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Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1998 18:30:30 -0400
From: Nat Case <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Cartographic standards (fwd)
 
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I disagree; I think US readers are on the whole more used to reading 90°
rotated type from bottom to top; look at spine labels on records,
cassettes, books, etc. I generally place 90° rotated type in this
position; if it's more than a few degrees past, I flip it so as to keep
it from looking upside-down.
 
Other countries may have different standards. I'd say use whatever is
most usual in your area.  In general though, I think you're on the mark.
 
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> With my students, I
> recommend that if there are more N/S streets (or other linear
> features) on the
> left half of the map.... then label on the west, with the first letter
> starting
> south and running north.  If more streets are on the right half....
> label on the
> east starting north and running south.  If streets are equally spread
> out
> across the map; pick one style and maintain consistency.
 
> I prefer maps facing outwards from the gutter in bound works (or north
> to the
> left in your example), unless there are two facing maps and the reader
> needs
> to make comparisons between distributions.  In the latter case, the
> maps
> should face in the same direction to facilitate comparison.
 
I'm not clear what you mean; I think the usual standard I've seen is for
the top of the map to be at the gutter, the bottom at the outside edge.
 
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Nat Case
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