CartoZapp

Your maps and atlases rightly need crafting and polishing into tip-top shape. Distilling from over 25 years of Cartographic Editing experience I can make sure your maps are of the highest quality with a bespoke editing service.

• Structured approach – a systematic checking procedure, according to brief and with reference to product specification and editorial policy.
• Accuracy – getting the location, styling and spelling right.
• Clarity – seeing the ‘bigger picture’ so that the information stands out.
• Consistency – conforming to editorial style and cross-checking with related maps and text.
• Natural features – selecting and checking topography, water features, seas and oceans.
• Man-made features – selecting and checking transport, borders, administrative regions, populations and capital cities.
• Placenames – selecting and checking the appropriate name, be it an international, local or historical version and using diacritical marks in the correct way.
• Grids and graticules – ensuring the framework lies in exactly the right place.
• Scale bars – generating and checking an accurate measure of distance.
• Additional research – searching for definitive and reputable sources on any subject.
• Revision – advice on all features needing attention and incorporation of relevant new material.