Post on 25-Dec-2015
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GIS Poster Info
• You will print and mount your poster in the GIS lab, Tisch Library Map Room – posters must be plotted by 5pm, May 7th
• Try to get it finished and printed earlier!
• A lab assistant must send the plot - Lab assistant schedule – http://gis.tufts.edu
• Upload you poster and paper to Student Work Zone by May 7 midnight
GIS Poster Info
• Posters should be 30x40 (either orientation is fine)
• You will mount your poster on poster board we will provide
• We will also provide glue, etc.
Original presentation by Melanie St. James
Senior Interactive Media Designer
UIT - Academic Technology
Modifications by Barbara Parmenter, 3/4/2011
Information Design Matters!
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mswanson/archive/2007/05/06/bad-design-by-example.aspx
•Readability improves:•comprehension•retention•reading speed•reading persistence
Goal: Maximize Readability
My GIS PosterA quick design workshop
Corporate Logos Redesignhttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/weekinreview/31marsh.html
Comic Sans…
Story of Comic Sans: http://www.connare.com/comic.htm(Now Chalkboard on Apple OS)
Readability: Column Width
The “alphabet-and-a-half ” line length rule:
the ideal line length at 39 characters
regardless of type size.
http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-theory-basics.html
Sessions College Color Wheelhttp://www.sessions.edu/color-calculator
Resolution:Caution:
Format:
Working with Images
300 dpiweb images are 72 dpiSnagIt - software to increase image resolution
TIFF (can yield large files) GIF (solid colors, text) JPG (photos)
http://creativecommons.org/image/
Tips for poster maps
• Export just maps with legend, north arrow, and scale
• Use Publisher to put in titles and other explanatory text
• No need to repeat scale, north arrow for maps that are same scale and layout
Tips for poster maps
• Export your map at the size it will be on the poster or bigger!
• Make sure everything – legend, labels, etc. is readable from 3 feet away
• Work with legend separately if need be to make it readable
Types of GIS posters
• Technique / Method Demonstration• Advocacy • Academic Science Conference • Data Collection and Design
Design Process:
• Be in charge of your design decisions:
• color palette, fonts
• Identify most important elements & highlight them
• Take away anything that doesn’t directly support your MAIN IDEA
• Squint at your poster: what do you see?