Before / after
See how stronger prompts change map reasoning, visual hierarchy, and revision quality.
Weak: Make a map of bus stops.
Better: Design a color-safe neighborhood access map for planners comparing 10-minute walks to frequent transit, with uncertainty notes for missing sidewalks.
What changed: Audience, task, distance rule, visual constraint, and uncertainty are explicit.
Weak: Show flood zones.
Better: Create a layered web map for homeowners that separates regulatory zones from recent flood observations and explains confidence limits in popups.
What changed: The revised prompt avoids flattening different kinds of risk into one scary overlay.
Weak: Make a pretty population map.
Better: Compare population density by county using a sequential palette, clear class breaks, source note, and a legend that supports quick regional comparison.
What changed: Beauty becomes a design outcome rather than the only instruction.
Prompt Cartography