Originally Posted by
Chip
This months was part 2 of 3, but the first one was just about different types of management and how they compare, rather than about the actual mapping itself, well assuming its this mag you are talking about that you have just read:
Its always hard knowing at what height to pitch any technical article.
Generally if its for a modified car mag, it needs to be readable by people with limited experience, as its more intended as an introduction to a subject than as a detailed reference.
Ultimately even in a 3 part article like that one its still only about 5-6K words total, so I try and make things as readable as I can for people of limited experience. But at the same time you dont want to bore the people who do know a bit more, so I try and have some good technical info in there too, finding a balance can sometimes be difficult, luckily on the mapping subject I do a bit of mapping teaching for various people anyway, so I tend to have quite a few people I can get to proof read it who are at different levels, for some other subjects I write about im not so spoiled for a test market though!
Thats the one.I found it very interesting as i havnt a clue myself about mappin but am keen to learn but as you said that was easy to understand and gave the basics,well worth a read.