How can we get our map colours right? How open journalism helped us get better
Watch the debate as it unfolds over Twitter with argument for and against color schemes, plus examples!
Did the map get better, worse, about the same?
The Guardian writes:
How can you get the colour scales right on maps? It’s something we spend a lot of time thinking about here on the Datablog – and you may notice a huge variety of ones we try out.
This isn’t just design semantics – using the wrong colours can mean your maps are completely inaccessible to people with colour blindness, for instance and actually obscure what you’re trying to do.
It’s distinct to problems expertly faced by the Guardian graphics team – who have a lot of experience of making maps just right.
But on the blog, making a Google Fusion map in a hurry, do we get it right?
What avenues for public contribution do you allow for your topic maps?