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Designing the Irish Surnames map
By Ken Field, Esri Research Cartographer
Back in 2009, I (and my co-author Dr. Linda Beale) created a map showing the historical and numeric importance of Irish surnames. It won a few awards and featured briefly in a previous Mapping Center blog entry to recognize St. Patrick’s Day in 2010. A paper I wrote about this map has recently been published in the Society of Cartographers Bulletin that details the design philosophy and construction of the map in ArcGIS. Rather than repeating a description of the mapping techniques I used here, the paper itself is available to download from the Publications page of Mapping Center (courtesy of Society of Cartographers). But here is a brief review of the map.
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Tagged Cartographic Concepts, Cartographic Design, Irish, Labeling, Map Elements, Maplex, Page Layout, surname, Symbology
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