aaag-tables-figures
Use when building maps, figures, and tables for an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript. The Annals has a dedicated Cartography Editor and Graphics Guidelines; maps are held to cartographic standards, not just plotted. Improves exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-tables-figures --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Maps, Figures & Tables (aaag-tables-figures) The Annals is a geography journal: **maps are arguments**, and the journal holds them to cartographic standards. There is a **Cartography Editor** and **Graphics Guidelines** (检索于 2026-06；以官网为准), and every exhibit counts toward the **11,000-word cap** (figure captions are included). Make each exhibit carry its weight and read correctly in print and grayscale. ## When to trigger - Designing or revising maps, remote-sensing figures, model plots, or tables - A reviewer/editor flagged a map's projection, classification, legend, or legibility - Trimming exhibits to fit the inclusive word cap ## Cartographic essentials (maps are held to standard here) - **Projection chosen on purpose** — appropriate to area/distance/shape for the analysis; name it. - **Classification stated** — method (quantiles, equal-interval, natural breaks) and class count, with a rationale; the choropleth message must not be an artifact of the break scheme. - **Map elements present** — scale bar, north arrow where needed, legend, data source, and date; graticule/inset where it aids reading. - **Normalize areal data** — rates/densities, not raw counts, on choropleths; av
- When to trigger
- Cartographic essentials (maps are held to standard here)
- Remote-sensing & physical figures
- Model & statistical figures
- Exhibit decision gate
- Cartography QA handoff
- Self-containment & house style
- Common map failure → fix (what the Cartography Editor flags)
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the aaag-tables-figures skill do?
Use when building maps, figures, and tables for an Annals of the American Association of Geographers manuscript. The Annals has a dedicated Cartography Editor and Graphics Guidelines; maps are held to cartographic standards, not just plotted. Improves exhibits; it does not run the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aaag-tables-figures --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.