Articles
How Gratic is built, and what we have learned making maps with it.
ISOM tells you which of its own rules are absolute
A mapper's real question is not how to draw something. It is whether the standard obliges them. ISOM answers that in a vocabulary it defines before the symbols begin, and the answer changes from symbol to symbol.
Andrey SurzhikovFix the symbol, and the whole map follows
The fence you drew last night has the wrong ticks, and so does every fence on the sheet. Here is what you can do about it without leaving the tab the map is in.
Andrey SurzhikovOne map, from the first layer to the printed sheet
This is one real map, built in order. Half a square kilometre of Cyprus, 400 objects, traced over satellite imagery in a browser tab. Here is every step, mostly in pictures.
Andrey SurzhikovA map editor that opens in a tab
Open a tab, drag a rectangle over your forest, and the roads, streams and contours arrive in orienteering symbols. Then you draw, lay the sheet out, and send it to print. Here is the whole path.
Andrey Surzhikov