Week 1 Assignment: Map Critique Lab

Good Map: I like this map. I understand that it is a more traditional map, but I don't think that a good map has to look "flashy" or "edgy". The label features are clear and read-able. The different point sizes on the label features denote "something" (i.e. province vs city in this case, or "relative sizes" of cities/communities). The color combinations are attractive and aesthetically balanced, however, I do recognize that these are not particularly exciting as colors choices are concerned, the color combinations are appropriate for this type of map.
The legend is embedded on the map...I think that is critically important.

Bad Map: Of the poorly designed maps that I have discovered, this is the one that I want to present. Sadly, this is a map on a Georgia tourism site. I find the proportions to be odd (i.e. the highway symbols are odd-looking and the color contrast hurts my eyes). I do not care for the thin yellow border for the state and the numerical markers are completely meaningless without a connected legend (i.e. it is important for the legend to be more prominently links to the image map).