{"id":166,"date":"2008-03-17T13:38:13","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T15:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2008-03-17T13:38:13","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T15:38:13","slug":"map-development-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=166","title":{"rendered":"155. map development 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

By early 2006<\/strong>, my general map was complete. But the entire project was put on hold since my walking tours were booming. It became impossible to juggle everything. Also, as I did more tours of downtown Buenos Aires, it seemed that a guidebook to that area was more important so I shifted focus to that.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Friends’ Association of Recoleta Cemetery (ADACRE) began publishing a map & selling it at the front gate for 4 pesos [Update: 2009 price is 6 pesos, 2011 price is 8 pesos]<\/strong>. Proceeds went to fund recent restoration work<\/a> not done by any national or city organization in decades. Good for them. Although much better than previous maps, even their effort needed some improvement:<\/p>\n

\"ADACRE<\/p>\n

Both the foldable square format & the price were right. And 159 tombs were listed… many more than the 89 from the previous map. The interior contained a few black & white photos with a brief historical summary in Spanish, French, English & German. So far, so good.<\/p>\n

But in an effort to be more inclusive, the design suffered. Due to space constraints, the only text that could accompany each name was a single word: President, poet, writer, politician. Most people outside Latin America have probably never heard of these people before, & a one-word biography seems worse than nothing at all. Finally, the list of personalities is not in alphabetical order & is not practical if you want to look for someone in particular:<\/p>\n

\"ADACRE<\/p>\n

But the biggest problem was the actual map itself. It looks like someone took the hand-drawn map pictured in Part 1 of this series, scanned it, & used it without editing anything. Lines are crooked & the tomb divisions are incorrect. The numbers used are placed haphazardly… no order at all. In the photo below, the entrance is shown with a huge range of numbers (#1, #42, #71 & #146). For easy use, the map should be arranged numerically or alphabetically, but this was neither:<\/p>\n

\"ADACRE<\/p>\n

The ADACRE map was by far the best yet, but apparently the graphic designer has little experience.<\/p>\n

Read the complete story in the following posts titled “map development”: Part 1<\/a>, Part 2<\/a>, Part 3<\/a>, Part 5<\/a>, Part 6<\/a> & Part 7<\/a>. Good news!<\/strong> The PDF guidebook<\/a> is now available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By early 2006, my general map was complete. But the entire project was put on hold since my walking tours were booming. It became impossible…<\/p>\n

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