Cynthia Brewer

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Cynthia Brewer is affiliated with the following schools: San Diego State University, McMaster University, University of Guelph, Pennsylvania State University, Michigan State University

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Cynthia Brewer

Earth Sciences

#626

World Rank

#1021

Historical Rank

#235

USA Rank

Geography

#174

World Rank

#297

Historical Rank

#42

USA Rank

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Cynthia Brewer's Degrees

PhD Geography Pennsylvania State University
Masters Geography Pennsylvania State University

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According to Wikipedia, Cynthia A. Brewer is an American cartographer, author, and professor of geography at Pennsylvania State University. Brewer's specialism relates to visibility and color theory in cartography and, in 2023, she was awarded the International Cartographic Society's highest honor, the Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal, for her distinguished contribution to the field.

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Cynthia Brewer's Published Works

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Published Works

ColorBrewer.org: An Online Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps (2003) (1121)
Dasymetric Mapping and Areal Interpolation: Implementation and Evaluation (2001) (498)
Evaluation of Methods for Classifying Epidemiological Data on Choropleth Maps in Series (2002) (329)
Color Use Guidelines for Mapping and Visualization (1994) (308)
ColorBrewer in Print: A Catalog of Color Schemes for Maps (2003) (198)
Visualizing Georeferenced Data: Representing Reliability of Health Statistics (1998) (169)
Mapping Mortality: Evaluating Color Schemes for Choropleth Maps (1997) (141)
Color use guidelines for data representation (1999) (140)
An Evaluation of Color Selections to Accommodate Map Users with Color-Vision Impairments (1997) (118)
Basic mapping principles for visualizing cancer data using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (2006) (118)
Spectral Schemes: Controversial Color Use on Maps (1997) (88)
Qualitative Methods for Research on Mapmaking and Map Use (2000) (81)
Guidelines for Selecting Colors for Diverging Schemes on Maps (1996) (70)
Framing Guidelines for Multi-Scale Map Design Using Databases at Multiple Resolutions (2007) (68)
Evaluating data stability in aggregation structures across spatial scales: revisiting the modifiable areal unit problem (2017) (56)
A Transition in Improving Maps: The ColorBrewer Example (2003) (56)
Mapping Census 2000: The geography of U.S. diversity, 2000 : Census 2000 special reports (2001) (49)
Guidelines for use of the perceptual dimensions of color for mapping and visualization (1994) (47)
A typology of operators for maintaining legible map designs at multiple scales (2011) (45)
Guidance for representing uncertainty on global temperature change maps (2016) (42)
Mastering map scale: balancing workloads using display and geometry change in multi-scale mapping (2010) (39)
Beyond Graduated Circles: Varied Point Symbols for Representing Quantitative Data on Maps (1998) (37)
Adapting Generalization Tools to Physiographic Diversity for the United States National Hydrography Dataset (2011) (33)
Multiscale Representations of Water: Tailoring Generalization Sequences to Specific Physiographic Regimes (2010) (32)
Generalisation in Practice Within National Mapping Agencies (2014) (30)
Cartography: thematic map design, 3rd edition (1994) (28)
Evaluation of a Model for Predicting Simultaneous Contrast on Color Maps (1997) (26)
COLOR REPRESENTATION OF ASPECT AND SLOPE SIMULTANEOUSLY (1991) (26)
An Evaluation of Teaching Introductory Geomorphology using Computer-based Tools (1999) (25)
PREDICTION OF SIMULTANEOUS CONTRAST BETWEEN MAP COLORS WITH HUNT'S MODEL OF COLOR APPEARANCE (1996) (24)
EVALUATING GENERALIZATIONS OF HYDROGRAPHY IN DIFFERING TERRAINS FOR THE NATIONAL MAP OF THE UNITED STATES (2009) (21)
The Development of Process-Printed Munsell Charts for Selecting Map Colors (1989) (20)
MAPPING HEALTH STATISTICS: REPRESENTING DATA RELIABILITY (1995) (17)
Automation and the Map Label Placement Problem: A Comparison of Two GIS Implementations of Label Placement (2008) (17)
Review Of Colour Terms And Simultaneous Contrast Research For Cartography (1992) (17)
Automated thinning of road networks and road labels for multiscale design of The National Map of the United States (2013) (16)
The State of Academic Cartography (1999) (12)
Landscape Preference and Map Readability in Design Evaluation of Topographic Maps with an Orthoimage Background (2014) (11)
Reflections on Mapping Census 2000 (2001) (10)
Establishing Classification and Hierarchy in Populated Place Labeling for Multiscale Mapping for The National Map (2011) (10)
Color Research Applications in Mapping and Visualization (2004) (10)
Color Chart Use In Map Design (1989) (9)
APPLICATION OF THE RADICAL LAW IN GENERALIZATION OF NATIONAL HYDROGRAPHY DATA FOR MULTISCALE MAPPING (2010) (8)
Designed Maps: A Sourcebook for GIS Users (2008) (7)
Multiscale Design for The National Map of the United States: Road Thinning for Topographic Mapping (2012) (6)
Tool for Selecting Colour Schemes for Maps (2003) (4)
Combining Varied Federal Data Sources for Multiscale Map Labeling of Populated Places and Airports for the National Map of the United States (2011) (4)
An Impressionistic Cartographic Solution for Base Map Land Cover with Coarse Pixel Data (2016) (3)
The State of U.S. Cartography (1999) (3)
Interactive Color: A Guide for Color in Computer Graphics (1992) (1)
The GIS Research Agenda of the United States Geological Survey (2007) (0)
The State of Academic Cartography, 1993-1998 (1999) (0)
Problematize, Theorize, Politicize, and Contextualize: A Social Justice Framework for Postsecondary Integrated Reading and Writing Instruction (2021) (0)
Number by colors: A guide to using color to understand technical data, by Brand Fortner and Theodore E. Meyer (1998) (0)
Cartographic Perspectives Journal of the North American Cartographic Information Society Number 60 , Spring 2008 (2008) (0)
Books (2006) (0)

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