Designing with Maps
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This article appeared in Issue 8 of CreativePro Magazine.When people talk about cartography—the process of making maps—they often call it “the intersection of science and art.”
Mapmakers, of course, want to create work that’s visually appealing and, yes, maybe even beautiful works of art. If you’re a designer, however, it’s not unreasonable for you to balk at the technology and precision of mapmaking.
Allow me to introduce a tool that helps you improve precision and accuracy in your mapmaking, while also allowing for your unique aesthetic creativity. I am the Lead Product Engineer for ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud, a relatively new mapmaking plug-in for Illustrator and Photoshop. This software gives you access to abundant and accurate map layers, both vector and raster.
We’ll be using the plug-in for Illustrator, which has become a celebrated cartography tool for many well-known and highly regarded mapping organizations. News media, local and national government agencies, as well as major mapmaking companies worldwide have all integrated Illustrator and the plug-in into their cartographic processes.
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