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Very cool idea. I would highly recommend reversing the colors on the site however. It just looks wrong with the landmass being black and the water white given t
by NathanKP 13y ago
Very cool idea. I would highly recommend reversing the colors on the site however. It just looks wrong with the landmass being black and the water white given that the rest of the site uses a theme of black being the background and white being the content.
It actually took me about five to ten seconds to see the outline of SF and recognize it because at first I was looking at the water area and thinking "this doesn't look like the bay area".
Overall I think you should use a white or beigish background with black text, and for the map colors use black landmass and water the color of the page background. It will make the page so much easier to read.
- lewis500 13y agotried it both ways. trouble with white background was that, given the diversity of colors and how thin some of the lines on the chord diagram are, it was hard to distinguish them well.
- jessaustin 13y agoMaybe a light or dark gray would contrast well and still fit the aesthetic?
- morley 13y agoBlue water is a heavily-established pattern in mapmaking; do you gain anything by not just making the water blue? I understand you're going for a black / white aesthetic but to be honest, it's a well-worn one.