# Firefly Cartography

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/firefly-cartography
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://adventuresinmapping.com/2016/10/17/firefly-cartography/
Added: 2026-09-27

## Summary

A recipe for glow maps: a dark, desaturated basemap, a masked highlight, and one bright thematic layer.

- Resource: [Firefly Cartography](https://adventuresinmapping.com/2016/10/17/firefly-cartography/)
- By: John Nelson
- Published: 2016
- Kind: writing (article)
- Level: beginner
- Tags: cartography, designer, tutorial, gis

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

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