Doing map design using QGIS
Channel: Geoinformatics
Date: 21/09/2015

A basic introduction to the “rules” of map design and how to implement them in QGIS
0:00 Introduction (The meaning of design)
0:52 4 different purposes of maps 
2:30 Why use a map
4:55 Why not to use a map
6:40 The context 
7:35 The media
8:10 The audience
9:16 The components of a map
10:15 Title
10:50 Legend
11:43 Scale bars and ratios
15:30 Additional data frames
16:20 Map credits
17:40 Temporal information
18:10 Visual identity
20:10 How people read maps
22:00 Design principals and readingorder
23:00 KISS
24:00 CRAP
25:40 COUCH B
26:19 Clarity
27:40 Clarity in QGIS
29:40 Filtering
31:17 Simple Masking using SQL
34:19 The Mask plugin
38:40 Order
40:12 Implementing order in QGIS
40:55 Creating a layout
41:13 Insert a map frame
41:51 Insert Text
43:00 Placing a graphic element
44:35 Scalebar
45:44 Scale ratio
46:55 Unity
48:40 Choosing Fonts
49:50 Layout modern/classica
50:45 Contrast and colour space
53:10 In QGIS shape Burst
58:00 Harmony
1:00:22 Balance
1:01:00 The optical centre
1:04:39 Folding A3 to fit in A4 reports.