Archive of resources from Cindy Brewer's home page...

orange gates photo

1.  "Dressing for the Gates" poster by Cindy (8x21")

mini ColorBrewer

2. PSU press releases about ColorBrewer: first and second.
 
3. CMYK color specifications for Census atlas maps
(Tables only version). Geoff Hatchard's research, as an MSc student, shows these schemes all work well for colorblind readers.
   
4. The prototype Census atlas from 2001: Mapping Census 2000: The Geography of U.S. Diversity (Census 2000 Special Report, Series CENSR/01-1). Buy ESRI's reprint of the Census atlas online (also on Amazon; ISBN 1-58948-014-7).

snippet of atlas cover

Color use guidelines for mapping and visualization: 
5. Presentation at ASA 1999 meeting
6. Figures from Visualization in Modern Cartography chapter

7. Guidelines for selecting hue pairs for diverging schemes , Figures from Cartographic Journal article.

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8. Color Representation of Aspect and Slope Simultaneously , Proceedings paper with additional figures, Auto Carto 11.

segment of aspect and slope image

Epidemiological mapping (with Linda Pickle):
9. CDC mortality atlas with maps designed to be read by colorblind; related PSU press release .
10. Annals article on classing epidemiological maps in series (6MB PDF ) and supporting web site with maps, data, and test questions used
(Note: I'm still checking and editing the maps on this site, so don't do anything serious with them quite yet).

mortaility choropleth map segment

Go back to Cindy's page or  PSU Geography or GeoVISTA

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