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Symbolization
Introduction
Unfortunately, what might pop into many people’s minds when they hear
“Web map” is a map full of upside-down teardrops, pushpins, or thumb-
tacks (see Figure8.1). These default symbols largely rose to prominence on
the Web with the advent of Google Maps and Google Earth.
The keyword that needs to be highlighted in the previous paragraph is
default—as in basic, nonspecialized, even simplistic. There is nothing inher-
ently wrong with someone who is untrained in map design creating a Web
map of all the places he or she has been in Arkansas using default thumbtack
symbols. Not everyone has the time or inclination to learn ...