---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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) ---- 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. > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > 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. -- Nat Case Hedberg Maps, Inc. Publisher of PROFESSOR PATHFINDER Maps ___________________________________________________ Production Office (White River Jct, VT): [log in to unmask] Business and Sales Office (Minneapolis, MN): [log in to unmask]