Comments on: My Love-hate Relationship with ArcGIS http://flowingdata.com/2007/09/13/my-love-hate-relationship-with-arcgis/ Strength in Numbers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nathan http://flowingdata.com/2007/09/13/my-love-hate-relationship-with-arcgis/#comment-49683 Nathan Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:57:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/09/13/my-love-hate-relationship-with-arcgis/#comment-49683 Yeah, I guess the rule could be generalized. I mean in either case -- paper or print -- you won't want to use too many shades since the eye can only see so much, you know? Although, admittedly, I'm just going off what my editor told me. From a quick Google, there seems to be a lot of theory on the topic of color picking... http://tinyurl.com/yw3j89 Yeah, I guess the rule could be generalized. I mean in either case — paper or print — you won’t want to use too many shades since the eye can only see so much, you know? Although, admittedly, I’m just going off what my editor told me.

From a quick Google, there seems to be a lot of theory on the topic of color picking… http://tinyurl.com/yw3j89

]]> By: anon. http://flowingdata.com/2007/09/13/my-love-hate-relationship-with-arcgis/#comment-49682 anon. Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:55:00 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/09/13/my-love-hate-relationship-with-arcgis/#comment-49682 Just curious: is this a general design hint for choropleth maps, that you need just a few different colors for print, but you can have more on screen? I'd never heard that before (though it sounds plausible). Just curious: is this a general design hint for choropleth maps, that you need just a few different colors for print, but you can have more on screen? I’d never heard that before (though it sounds plausible).

]]> By: Paul http://flowingdata.com/2007/09/13/my-love-hate-relationship-with-arcgis/#comment-32 Paul Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:50:01 +0000 http://flowingdata.com/2007/09/13/my-love-hate-relationship-with-arcgis/#comment-32 Hang in there man. I spent 3 years trying to learn that program (a long time ago). Very frustrating. But in the end, when you know it well, pretty cool (and powerful). I ended up using ArcInfo a lot as well. Sort of a cut-down version with a more intuitive interface. Hang in there man. I spent 3 years trying to learn that program (a long time ago). Very frustrating. But in the end, when you know it well, pretty cool (and powerful).

I ended up using ArcInfo a lot as well. Sort of a cut-down version with a more intuitive interface.

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