# How Useful is Tufte for Making Maps? | Making Maps: DIY Cartography

<https://makingmaps.net/2007/08/16/how-useful-is-tufte-for-making-maps/>

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## What Jamie wrote

John Krygier, a cartographer and professor, takes [Tufte's](http://edwardtufte.com) visual display guidelines.

> The 20 Tufteisms and the Six Commandments are superficially less than I expected, from the perspective of practical guidelines. But, upon reflection, they do touch on many of the fundamental issues that determine if a map design is going to work or not, and what could more practical than that?

Not a takedown per se, but a detailed breakdown of how you would practically apply these techniques.

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