A good place to visit is ColorBrewer by Cynthia Brewer: http://colorbrewer2.org
-- Barend Köbben (Senior Lecturer) ITC - University of Twente, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation PO Box 217, 7500AE Enschede (The Netherlands) +31-(0)53 4874 253 On 24-06-11 02:03, "Stephen Woodbridge" <wood...@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 >_______________________________________________ >mapserver-users mailing list >mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) University of Twente Chamber of Commerce: 501305360000 E-mail disclaimer The information in this e-mail, including any attachments, is intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or action in relation to the content of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by mistake, please delete the message and any attachment and inform the sender by return e-mail. ITC accepts no liability for any error or omission in the message content or for damage of any kind that may arise as a result of e-mail transmission. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
