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https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2024-9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2024-9
16 Dec 2024
 | 16 Dec 2024
Status: a revised version of this preprint was accepted for the journal GC and is expected to appear here in due course.

GCInsights: Consistency in Pyrocartography Starts With Color

Benjamin James Hatchett

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.

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Fire progression maps (FPMs) provide information regarding wildland fire spread (progress)...
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