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16 Dec 2024
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GCInsights: Consistency in Pyrocartography Starts With Color
Abstract. Fire progression maps provide operational and public information regarding wildland fire spread, size, and proximity to critical assets through time. Cartographic guidance regarding the use of color to denote the sequential nature of fire progression is limited, leading to inconsistency in fire progression maps produced for operational, research, and public applications. Because this inconsistency potentially limits the map’s accessibility and ability to effectively communicate information, I provide colormap recommendations to facilitate consistent, intuitive, and accessible fire progression mapping.
How to cite. Hatchett, B. J.: GCInsights: Consistency in Pyrocartography Starts With Color, Geosci. Commun. Discuss. [preprint], https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2024-9, in review, 2024.
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Benjamin James Hatchett
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Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Short summary
Fire progression maps (FPMs) provide information regarding wildland fire spread (progress) through time to broad audiences. However, information regarding the best use of color to denote fire progression via maps is limited. This can potentially limit a map's ability to effectively communicate information by creating inconsistent messaging and accessibility challenges. Here, I provide colormap recommendations to open a discussion towards consistent and accessible fire progression mapping.
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