Now that she has taken a first look at which items to include, she asks a colleague
for some input. The colleague thinks a portion of the map is too densely detailed for
the map viewer to understand and recommends an inset map that shows a zoom‑in
to that area. With that, the GISer begins the second phase of the layout method, the
arrangement. She creates an emphasis map with a preliminary arrangement of the
major items, decides that the map should be the first thing the audience sees, with
the title coming in at second, inset maps third, and the rest of the items last. After
taking some time to arrange the elements in the GIS software, the GISer finally
decides that the map is ready for printing. With some additional changes suggested
by her colleagues, she revises it once again and then reprints the final product.