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VirtualWatershed / prms-vegetation-scenarios

Online tool for PRMS modeling of multiple vegetation scenarios
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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improve vegetation colors on map #11

Closed mt-digital closed 8 years ago

mt-digital commented 8 years ago

Select better colors for the four vegetation types. Also include a legend that connects color to vegetation type.

ruiwu1990 commented 8 years ago

A prototype is set up. It can be more powerful, but I just don't know how to design. Here is my repo link: https://github.com/ruiwu1990/prms-vegetation-scenarios.git

Plz have a try on my color_panel branch.

It is not hard coded. The color scale will be changed dynamically with the veg types number (for now we have five veg types).

Plz feel free to email me any suggestions.

mt-digital commented 8 years ago

OK, thanks, I think this is cool, but I think the problem is that the intermediate colors aren't showing. We just need colors that contrast well. Here's an example I found quickly with a google images search of color schemes for vegetation maps (click to blow up): http://aknhp.uaa.alaska.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/MapLegend-300dpi-10022014.png.

It uses green, pink, blue, red, and black. Let's just use those colors like this:

pink: 0 - bare ground black: 1 - grasses blue: 2 - shrubs red: 3 - trees green: 4 - confiers

Please don't give the users the option to change the color maps at this point. Thanks!

mt-digital commented 8 years ago

fixed with 56ace6b