For thematic maps, Color Brewer is a lot of help. http://www.personal.psu.edu/cab38/ColorBrewer/ColorBrewer_intro.html
-----Original Message----- From: mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapserver-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Andy Colson Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 2:39 PM To: mapser all users Subject: [mapserver-users] pretty maps Hi All, I am a programmer, and not an artist or a mapper. (I cant even draw good stick figures.) So my question is, how do ya'll make pretty maps? Is there a tool you use? Are there standards/common colors/symbols that should be used? (I assume watter should be blue... and red-green dotted lines to show alien landing sites :-) ) Also, are there people/company's around that we could hire to make my maps look pretty? (I'm think of sending them my mapfile and shapefies, and they'd send me a mapfile back, and it wouldn't be too expensive) I don't have permission to spend money on this yet, but I can see it coming down the road. I'd like to know what my options are. Thanks, -Andy _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users