GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with color

<p>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...

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Main Author: B. J. Hatchett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2025-06-01
Series:Geoscience Communication
Online Access:https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/167/2025/gc-8-167-2025.pdf
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description <p>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, which potentially limits these maps' accessibility and ability to effectively communicate information. In this paper, I provide color map recommendations to facilitate consistent, intuitive, and accessible fire progression mapping.</p>
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spelling doaj-art-2cd26f65c9c44a9aa48109622f4bc8b42025-08-20T03:46:50ZengCopernicus PublicationsGeoscience Communication2569-71102025-06-01816717310.5194/gc-8-167-2025GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with colorB. J. Hatchett0Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA<p>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, which potentially limits these maps' accessibility and ability to effectively communicate information. In this paper, I provide color map recommendations to facilitate consistent, intuitive, and accessible fire progression mapping.</p>https://gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/167/2025/gc-8-167-2025.pdf
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GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with color
Geoscience Communication
title GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with color
title_full GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with color
title_fullStr GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with color
title_full_unstemmed GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with color
title_short GC Insights: Consistency in pyrocartography starts with color
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