Maptitude
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On-Line Training
Introductory Maptitude: Lesson 3
Themes & Legends
3.3 Choosing Themes
Color often used first when exploring data
Pattern good for black and white printing
Color or pattern best for negative numbers (you can break at zero) and only choice for character fields
Use chart or dot density to show values for two or more fields
Dont use chart or dot density for percentages, ratios or averages; these statistics should be shown with color, pattern, or scaled-symbol themes