John Krygier, Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio Wesleyan and co-author of the fantastic book on making maps called, oddly enough, Making Maps: A Visual Guide To Map Design For GIS, has recently revived his blog on the same topic at this link. Worth adding to your reading list if you’re interested in what makes a good map.
Other posts in the Cartography Tools series
- PDFCreator
- Printing Large Maps On A Small Printer
- Printing Waterproof Maps
- Public Land Survey Systems (PLSS) Shapefiles And Geocoding
- Screen Capture Programs
- Free Map Symbols
- In-Browser Web Page Image Capture
- Better Map Color Schemes With ColorBrewer
- New "Fixed" Versions Of SRTM-90 Data Available
- US/Global Terrain Shading Data And Landcover Imagery
- “Making Maps” Blog
- Highway Sign Fonts
- Analyzing Visual Clutter In Maps With Software
- Downloadable Cartograms From Worldmapper
- Creating Map Color Schemes With Kuler And ColorBrewer
- Additional Color Applications For Maps And Design
- One More Color Design Resource
- Tiling And Printing Large Maps To Scale On A Small Printer
- Recoloring Or Modifying GeoTiff Images
- More Color Design Resources
- Evaluating Map Graphics For Color-Blind Viewers
- Calculate New Coordinate Position From Current Position, Bearing And Distance
- Tiling Large Maps For A Small Printer With PosteRazor
try http://cool-maps.blogspot.com or http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/ for more maps