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[Hans van der Maarel]

Trying to show all the Antarctic claims on a b/w map is proving to be a bit of a struggle. Here's one attempt, would be open to hearing other solutions...

 02_Antarctica_v01.png   74.4K   45 downloads

(keep in mind I haven't spent any time yet on halos and knockouts)

[Igor Brejc]

Trying to show all the Antarctic claims on a b/w map is proving to be a bit of a struggle. Here's one attempt, would be open to hearing other solutions...

 02_Antarctica_v01.png   74.4K   45 downloads

(keep in mind I haven't spent any time yet on halos and knockouts)

After browsing through Google search images, a combination of several techniques might work:

• this one should work nicely in BW:
• fill hatches for overlapping claims?
• border dashes for overlapping claims?

[Hans van der Maarel]

this one should work nicely in BW:

I ended up using that method, along with rotating the map 60 degrees clockwise to create more room for the complex situation where the British, Chilean and Argentine claims overlap:

 02_Antarctica_v05.png   84.71K   35 downloads

This marks the end of the project and one very happy customer. I really enjoyed working on this project. Interesting challenge and I'm very pleased with the outcome.

[François Goulet]

This marks the end of the project and one very happy customer. I really enjoyed working on this project. Interesting challenge and I'm very pleased with the outcome.

You should. It's a really nice map!

[Clark Geomatics]

Good looking map Hans - sometimes the leanest looking maps are the most difficult.