Category: single image

Pleistocene Geology of the Superior Region, Wisconsin

1985 1:250,000 map with shaded relief. This is one of my favorite maps. It was vexingly difficult to show the topography and still allow the map to be readable. It’s more instructive to look at the elevation separately from the map, but then you lose out on the bold colors of the map. Alas.

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Juneau, Alaska

1962 1:63,360 topographic map with shaded relief in 20″ x 24″ layout. A college friend who lives in Juneau called me out of the blue recently. I don’t think I’ve talked to him since about 2002. I made him a map.

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Longs Peak, Colorado

1961 USGS 1:24,000 topographic map with shaded relief in 24″ x 36″ layout. A friend asked me to make this map for him to use as the background for a photo collage of a family vacation. Seems like a fun idea.

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