[TZGISUG] Fwd: Tanzania Cartography Rules / Guideline?

Wed Aug 10 12:27:45 EAT 2016

Hi Mike,

Thank you for references and for classifying the issue clearly. It is more
than I expected.

The books will be useful and will have to find them for further knowledge
on Cartography and GIS.
I also went through the material you had provided last year and I found
good guidelines to start with on preparing Honeyguide Cartography Design &
Map Specification documentation.

Sure thing! will be great to hear you comment, how would you do this
offline?

Best regards,
Elisante.

GIS & Mapping Officer.

P O Box 8271

Arusha. Tanzania.

Mobile contact: +255 (0) 756 629362

Office line: *+255 677 175117*

Email: elisante at honeyguide.org

Website: www.honeyguide.org

Skype address: elisante.japhet

*Dedicated to the long term support of communities and their conservation
of wildlife and natural resources**.*

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 2:36 PM, Mike Shand <Mike.Shand at glasgow.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Elisante,
>
> I think your question and the answers by Aloyce and Simon cover *three*
> separate but interrelated aspects to mapping:
> Cartographic Design; Map Specification; and Spatial Data Standards.
>
> *Cartographic Design*
> There are existing guidelines, rules and conventions for good map design
> to ensure a map is "designed for the purpose(s) it is intended to be used".
> This aspect of mapping can only be mastered through training in the
> principles of cartography (formal courses or informal through books or
> online) and experience gained adopting these principles.  Feedback from
> colleagues and map users is also vital if you wish to understand if a map
> you create is fit for purpose.
> A number of standard and classic cartography text books (Cynthia Brewer
> <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Better-Maps-Guide-Users/dp/1589480899>;
> A H Robinson
> <https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Cartography-Arthur-H-Robinson/dp/0471555797>;
> John Keates
> <https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cartographic-Design-Production-Keates-J/dp/0470210710>;
> Jacques Bertin <http://www.esri.com/news/releases/10_4qtr/bertin.html>; Erwin
> Raisz
> <https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=2zYIAQAAIAAJ&source=gbs_similarbooks>
> ) can be purchased or viewed online and there are many free online courses
> of modules can be sourced from the internet.   A useful guide to
> cartography sources can be found here http://www.cartography.org.uk/
> considering-cartography/
>
> *Map Specification*
> This is really the responsibility of any organisation or NGO to create its
> own unique set of precise specifications for point, line, area symbols and
> lettering on their maps.  It should also cover templates for map layouts at
> various scales or for differing map themes.   Once created your symbols and
> templates can be saved in QGIS and accessed by any cartographer in the
> Honeyguide to ensure standardisation in design when desired.  These
> specifications should follow basic cartographic design rules but customised
> to meet the specific needs of the end user.  In Tanzania the Surveys &
> Mapping Division have a set of design specifications for their 1:50,000
> maps, but their design will differ (slightly or significantly depending on
> symbol) from a 1:50,000 map specification for say UK, France, South Africa,
> Egypt, China etc., as each is designed to meet a different user in
> differing environments.  So "one design fits all" is mostly not possible in
> mapping.
>
> *Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)* *or Data and Metadata Standards*
> Unfortunately this issue has been kick-stated several times in Tanzania
> (and other countries) and has generally any initiative has stalled through
> lack of long term interest, leadership or finance.
>
> A quick look at the Honeyguide website and reports indicate that your maps
> are generally well designed at present but could benefit from some final
> 'polishing' to improve their design and usability.  If you wish I could
> comment on specific examples offline.  You may recall the courses I
> conducted at TZCRC <http://www.tzcrc.org/wp/>, Arusha in 2015, in
> particular the course "Cartographic Design and Map Publication with QGIS
> <http://www.tzcrc.org/wp/cartographic-design-and-map-publication-with-qgis/>",
> if you can check the resources I supplied to each student, it included
> illustrated presentations on Cartographic Communication; Map Design; Map
> Layout; Lettering; Colour in Maps etc, revisiting these may be a useful
> starting point.
>
> Regards,
> Mike
> (University of Glasgow)
>
>
> On 09/08/2016 09:40, Elisante Japhet via TZGISUG wrote:
>
> Hi TZGISUG Team,
>
> I've been looking for Mapping rules / guidelines that could be used with
> Cartographers while working on Tanzania maps. So I'm wondering if you might
> have come across rules used by TANAPA, TAWIRI, or by Government and Non -
> Government Organization that are allowed to share?
>
> ps: *The guidelines can be in such a way that, Maps created can also be
> accepted in various institutes and organization.*
>
> Thank you,
> Elisante.
>
>
>
> GIS & Mapping Officer.
>
>
> P O Box 8271
>
> Arusha. Tanzania.
>
> Mobile contact: +255 (0) 756 629362
>
> Office line: *+255 677 175117 <%2B255%20677%20175117>*
>
> Email: elisante at honeyguide.org
>
> Website: www.honeyguide.org
>
> Skype address: elisante.japhet
>
>
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> of wildlife and natural resources**.*
>
>
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