# Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/designing-better-maps
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://www.esri.com/en-us/esri-press/browse/designing-better-maps-a-guide-for-gis-users
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

A GIS map-design guide from ColorBrewer’s author, with a long, practical section on choosing color schemes.

- Resource: [Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users](https://www.esri.com/en-us/esri-press/browse/designing-better-maps-a-guide-for-gis-users)
- By: Cynthia Brewer
- Published: 2016
- Kind: writing (book)
- Level: beginner
- Tags: cartography, color-scales, designer, tutorial, gis

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- [Cartography Essentials](https://colorcurio.us/library/collections/cartography-essentials)

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