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A gallery of my free-for-the-taking maps. You are invited to stop by and scroll around. shadedrelief.com/map-gallery.ht…
Tom Patterson
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Tom Patterson
@MtnMapper
Retired public servant (US National Park Service). Love making maps!
- I retired five years ago today from my dream job as a US National Park Service cartographer. But it’s hard to shake a mapping addiction. Still doing it as much as ever in my “golden” years.
- Gigantic model of Iceland in Reykjavík. Produced manually, it took 4 guys 4 years to cut and glue 1mm thick layers of paper to create the relief.
- It’s done. You can download the Equal Earth Physical Map, which is in the public domain, at the link below. Special thanks to the reviewers of the first draft who caught mistakes and made many valuable suggestions. equal-earth.com/physical/
- My latest: A 3D rendering of Mount Everest. I tried to squeeze out as much detail as possible from an 8m DEM. The map is available with and without labels. shadedrelief.com/Everest-3D-Map/
- For the first time in decades, Mount Everest was visible from Kathmandu due to improved air quality. snowbrains.com/everest-visibl…
- I am pleased to announce Blue Earth Bathymetry, an edited GeoTIFF DEM for small-scale seafloor mapping. Worldwide coverage. 21,600 x 10,800. Public domain. Learn more about it here: shadedrelief.com/blue-earth/
GIF - Version 1.0 of my North America Physical Map is now online and available for free. In addition to the map with labels, you can download a geotif of the terrain art for use on other projects. Enjoy! shadedrelief.com/north-america/
- Shh, don't say anything. Let’s see if he notices the change in décor.
- Grand Canyon took 70 million years to form. Making this map of it went a bit faster.
GIF - When I was a National Park Service cartographer, I made the map of Glacier Bay NP, Alaska. Yesterday, I finally got to use it—as a tourist.
- The Loop, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Rendered from 1 meter elevation data.
- Natural legends were popular back in the 1980s. The idea was to arrange symbols in the legend much as they would appear on the map. I made this one for a hiking map of Utah’s Wasatch Range.
