Thomas Herbreteau, Chair of the Canadian Cartographic Association’s Geovisualization and Map Design Special Interest Group was featured in the Canadian Science Publishing’s (CSP) Blog. It is a destination for the research community to discover new leading science published by a Canadian not-for-profit, explore resources for life in and beyond the lab and field, and share perspectives on scientific research, culture, and communication

Samantha Andrews from Canadian Science Publishing asked Thomas What are the elements of a great map?

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From geography to ecology to epidemiology to sociology and beyond, much of the data we generate has a spatial element – a physical location, distribution patterns, and geographical relationships with other data or variables, for example. The tool of choice for showing those elements?

Maps.

“Maps are an extremely useful tool,” says Thomas Herbreteau, Chair of the Canadian Cartographic Association’s Geovisualization and Map Design Special Interest Group. “They can be leveraged to improve your projects, our cities, and our society. They can save lives. They can also visualize a story like no other medium.” We asked Herbreteau to share his top tips for not just making a good map to communicate your research, but for making a great map.

You can read the full article by clicking here to go to the Canadian Science Publishing’s (CSP) blog article.