mapmaking patterns

You generally travel on a linear route in order to (at some point) get off the route. Though in most cases your destination will not literally be on the path you were traveling, people may think about the destination as “on” a particular route. They’ll also experience a break in motion (slowing down, stopping) as the pass by these destinations.

Place symbols for destinations directly on the route. Align labels with respect to the route (rather than the graticule). By making the symbol size for the destination only slightly smaller than the size of the line weight, you’ll create texture to convey friction along the route. Note that this pattern may be most appropriate for engineered routes (roads, rails, etc). Natural routes (rivers, coastlines) map more appropriately to schemata for crossing edges (the point on land that you must connect to).