An old one but a good one! This relatively short post on the NASA Earth Observatory blog tackles the topic of scaling data in spatial visualisation. Specifically, it looks at the differences between linear and logarithmic methods for stretching the intermediate values and how to choose the right start and end values for better contrast.
Elegant Figures - Adjusting the Range: How to Scale Data
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