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Cynthia Ann Brewer (born 1960) is an American cartographer, author, and professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University . Brewer's specialty relates to visibility and color theory in cartography . In 2023, she was awarded the International Cartographic Society's highest honor, the Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal , for her distinguished contribution to the field.
Her web, print, and colorblind -friendly sets of colors, known as the Brewer palettes, have been used by numerous projects.[1] [2] ColorBrewer .[3]
Brewer has worked as a map and atlas design consultant for the U.S. Census Bureau , National Cancer Institute , National Center for Health Statistics , and National Park Service . She teaches courses in introductory cartography and map design.[4] topographic map design, multi-scale mapping, generalization, and atlas mapping. She has been influential as a theorist for map representations and GIS professionals.
Education [ edit ]
She graduated from McMaster University (Ontario, Canada) in 1979 and the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) in 1983.[5] Michigan State University , 1983 to 1986, presenting a thesis titled The Development of Process-Printed Munsell Charts for Selecting Map Colors . After a year at University of California at Santa Barbara , she obtained her doctorate from Michigan State University in 1991. Her dissertation was Prediction of Surround-Induced Changes in Map Color Appearance .[6]
Academic career [ edit ]
She was visiting lecturer at the University of California at Santa Barbara , Department of Geography during the year 1986/87.
On completing her doctorate she was assistant professor, for three years (1991 to 1994) at San Diego State University . She joined the Pennsylvania State University , Department of Geography in 1994 and has been professor since 2007 and was head of the department from 2014 to 2021.
She has been a faculty member of the Center of Excellence for Geospatial Information Science (CEGIS), U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, since 2008.[6]
ColorBrewer [ edit ]
ColorBrewer screenshot
ColorBrewer is an online tool developed in 2002 for selecting thematic map color schemes based on Brewer's palettes.[7] Ed Hawkins ' choice in 2018 of ColorBrewer reds and blues for warming stripes graphics portraying global warming .[8]
Publications [ edit ]
Brewer, Cynthia A. (2005), Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users , Esri Press , p. 220, ISBN 978-1589480896
Brewer, Cynthia A. (2008), Designed Maps: A Sourcebook for GIS Users , Esri Press, p. 184, ISBN 978-1589481602
Brewer, Cynthia A. (2015), Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users, 2nd Edition , Esri Press, p. 250, ISBN 978-1589484405
Articles [ edit ]
Harrower, Mark; Brewer, Cynthia A. (2003), "ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps" (PDF) , The Cartographic Journal , 40 1 ): 27–37, Bibcode :2003CartJ..40...27H , doi :10.1179/000870403235002042 , S2CID 140173239 , archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-10, retrieved 2013-01-03
Brewer, Cynthia A. (2006), "Basic Mapping Principles for Visualizing Cancer Data Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)" (PDF) , American Journal of Preventive Medicine , 30 2 ): S25–S36, doi :10.1016/j.amepre.2005.09.007 , PMID 16458787 , archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-25
Brewer, Cynthia A.; Hatchard, Geoffrey W.; Harrower, Mark A. (2003), "ColorBrewer in Print: A Catalog of Color Schemes for Maps", Cartography and Geographic Information Science , 30 1 ): 5–32 (28 ), Bibcode :2003CGISc..30....5B , doi :10.1559/152304003100010929 , S2CID 129427665
Brewer, Cynthia A. (2003), "A Transition in Improving Maps: The ColorBrewer Example", Cartography and Geographic Information Science , 30 2 ): 159–162(4 ), Bibcode :2003CGISc..30..159B , doi :10.1559/152304003100011126 , S2CID 62243305
Brewer, Cynthia A. (1996), "Guidelines for Selecting Colors for Diverging Schemes on Maps", The Cartographic Journal , 33 2 ): 79–86(8 ), Bibcode :1996CartJ..33...79B , doi :10.1179/caj.1996.33.2.79
An Evaluation of Color Selections to Accommodate Map Users with Color-Vision Impairments
Awards and honors [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
Chartjunk – Term for unnecessary visual elements in charts
Duane Marble – American geographer
Edward Tufte – American statistician
George F. Jenks – American geographer and cartographer
GIS – System to capture, manage and present geographic dataPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
Mark Monmonier – American historian of cartography
Scientific visualization – Interdisciplinary branch of science concerned with presenting scientific data visually
Waldo Tobler – American geographerPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
References [ edit ]
^ "ColorBrewer 2.0" . Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved July 6, 2022 .
^ Brewer, Cynthia (30 July 2005). Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users . Esri Press. ASIN 1589480899 .
^ Roth, Robert E. (2010). "Interview with a Celebrity Cartographer: Cindy Brewer" . Cartographic Perspectives . 66 66 ): 91–101. doi :10.14714/CP66.104 . Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
^ a b "Brewer, Cynthia | Penn State Department of Geography" . www.geog.psu.edu . Penn State. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017 .
^ Miller, Greg. "The Cartographer Who's Transforming Map Design" . Wired . Retrieved 31 January 2024 .
^ Bugden, Erica (3 December 2019). "Do you really understand the influential warming stripes?" . Voilà Information Design . Archived from the original on 5 December 2019.
^ "Cynthia Brewer is awarded the Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal" . International Cartographic Association . Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
^ "RECIPIENTS" . O.M. MILLER CARTOGRAPHIC MEDAL . American Geographical Society. Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
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