Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, second edition, is a comprehensive guide to creating maps that communicate effectively. In Designing Better Maps, renowned cartographer Cynthia A. Brewer guides readers through the basics of good cartography, including layout design, publishing maps, projections, color selection, font choices, label placement, and map symbol construction. Designing Better Maps also describes the author's ColorBrewer application, an online color selection tool. The second edition includes a new sections on preparing basemap content and combining multiple variables on maps