Prompt Cartography

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Design better maps with better prompts.

A practical learning studio for turning cartographic intent into reproducible AI-assisted workflows, labs, prompts, tools, and examples.

Start with the workflow Browse prompts
Prompt briefaudience: city planners
purpose: compare access gaps
constraint: color-safe palette
↓ map draft
Critiquelegend overload, weak hierarchy, missing uncertainty note
↓ revision chain
Revised mapclear figure-ground, accessible classes, reproducible handoff

Choose your path

Use the site by role.

The same workflow supports classroom learning, professional map production, and quick prompt reuse.

Student

Learn by doing

Start with beginner labs, prompt scaffolds, and reflection questions.

 Instructor

Teach the book

Find chapter alignment, rubrics, assignments, and discussion prompts.

 Professional

Build a workflow

Use brief builders, critique forms, QA prompts, and handoff checklists.

 Prompt seeker

Steal good prompts, politely

Copy reusable agent prompts, schemas, and checklists by workflow stage.

Learning ladder

From vague idea to defensible map.

Open the full workflow

1. Frame

Clarify audience, data readiness, and cartographic strategy before asking a model to draw anything.

2. Generate

Convert intent into a prompt brief, first map, critique loop, and revision chain.

3. Handoff

Check accessibility, ethics, uncertainty, reproducibility, and publication context.