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Cartography redesign for Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas

Cartography redesign for Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas

read more here: https://stamen.com/telling-the-story-of-changing-populations-with-mapping-historical-new-york-a-digital-atlas/

Interactive map of Los Angeles for Spherical Studio

Interactive map of Los Angeles for Spherical Studio

read more at https://stamen.com/dreamy-aspirational-cartography-with-spherical/

Understanding an individual crop's resiliency with VACS Explorer

Understanding an individual crop's resiliency with VACS Explorer

read more at https://stamen.com/designing-for-all-audiences-mapping-the-future-of-food/

Understanding the intersections of exposures and outcomes with the Health Atlas

Understanding the intersections of exposures and outcomes with the Health Atlas

read more at https://stamen.com/work/ucsf-health-atlas/

Exploring the future of food in a struggling climate with the VACS Explorer

Exploring the future of food in a struggling climate with the VACS Explorer

read more at https://stamen.com/designing-for-all-audiences-mapping-the-future-of-food/

Interactive map native California plants with Las Plantasticas at Exploratorium

Interactive map native California plants with Las Plantasticas at Exploratorium

read more at https://stamen.com/weaving-together-plants-and-people-developing-a-touchscreen-installation-for-the-exploratorium/

Global basemap design for Amazon Web Services

Global basemap design for Amazon Web Services

read more at https://stamen.com/work/expanding-basemap-offerings-for-a-global-audience-with-aws/

Exposing contributors to economic disparity with the Distressed Communities Index

Exposing contributors to economic disparity with the Distressed Communities Index

read more at https://stamen.com/pulling-back-the-curtain-on-economic-disparity-with-the-distressed-communities-index/

Draft of regional entry for the National Transportation Atlas

Draft of regional entry for the National Transportation Atlas

An early draft page for the Pacific Northwest region of the National Transportation Atlas, with baseline statistics about transportation in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

The Informed Cyclist's Guide to Biking in the District of Columbia

The Informed Cyclist's Guide to Biking in the District of Columbia

Created for a final class project for Geovisualization/Cartography and Python Programming graduate courses. Justification and more on this piece featured on /writing.

Africa - General Purpose Continental Wall Map

Africa - General Purpose Continental Wall Map

1/5 continental wall maps created for reference purposes

Select Transportation Infrastructure of the United States

Select Transportation Infrastructure of the United States

Select Transportation Infrastructure of the United States is the front side of a 34” x 44” foldable wall map produced for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics at the U.S. Department of Transportation. This map is updated every other year, showing current essential infrastructure for the major modes of transportation in the U.S. As of January 2019, approximately 4000 copies of the wall map have been printed for distribution at conferences and USDOT events.

E85 Stations in Top Corn-Producing States

E85 Stations in Top Corn-Producing States

A quick visualization connecting energy, agriculture, and transportation for use on social media to promote release of updated datasets for the National Transportation Atlas Database

Visit America's National Parks by Rail

Visit America's National Parks by Rail

USDOT Twitter map graphic using newly updated data from the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD)

Washington Metro Area Transit

Washington Metro Area Transit

This map, created for a presentation to the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, uses general transit feed specification (GTFS) data from the National Transit Map to visualize participating transit agencies in the Washington, DC metro area.

Golden Spike Historical Site for Spike150

Golden Spike Historical Site for Spike150

Map of the area surrounding Golden Spike Historical Site, where the last (or “golden”) spike was placed to complete the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869, for use during its sesquicentennial celebration

All Roads in the Greater Washington-Baltimore Area

All Roads in the Greater Washington-Baltimore Area

A simple, modern map showing all roads in the Washington area, with labels to help orient the reader

Iceland

Iceland

Hand-drawn and -painted map of Iceland following a trip in 2018. Contours generated from digital elevation models in ArcGIS, lines drawn with Sakura Pigma Micron pen, painted with (unintentionally very saturated) watercolors.

Transit in the Bay Area

Transit in the Bay Area

Presentation graphic showing National Transit Map data in the Bay Area

Intermodal facilities in Boston

Intermodal facilities in Boston

Last-minute map for a presentation on stops or stations serving more than one mode of transportation in the Boston area

Transportation Fatality Rate per State

Transportation Fatality Rate per State

Transportation Fatality Rate per State is a multidimensional cartogram showing both the number and rate of highway fatalities in each state for 2017. Most cartograms illustrate one phenomenon at a time, whereas here both the size and hue of each hexagon represent a unique value. This map is part of the reverse side of the Transportation Geography of the United States wall map.

Oceania - General Purpose Continental Wall Map

Oceania - General Purpose Continental Wall Map

1/5 continental wall maps created for reference purposes

Interstate Congestion and Ozone Nonattainment Areas

Interstate Congestion and Ozone Nonattainment Areas

This map was created for a press release for the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) using newly update data. Graphics created for press releases are intended to capture the attention of users on Twitter to help publicize updates to the database throughout the year.

Impact of Hurricanes on Select Ports: 2017 and 2018

Impact of Hurricanes on Select Ports: 2017 and 2018

Featured in the 2019 Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR), this map illustrates the paths and impacts of several major hurricanes in 2017 and 2018.

Change in Congestion by Metropolitan Area: 2013 to 2017

Change in Congestion by Metropolitan Area: 2013 to 2017

This map, originally created for the 2019 Transportation Statistics Annual Report (TSAR), shows the change in congestion from 2013 to 2017 in several major metropolitan areas.

Bridges in Poor Condition in the Great Lakes Region

Bridges in Poor Condition in the Great Lakes Region

Press release graphic for the National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) summer 2019 data release

Transportation Geography of the United States

Transportation Geography of the United States

Transportation Geography of the United States is the reverse side of the Select Transportation Infrastructure of the United States wall map. It includes a series of maps and charts depicting trends and pattens in transportation across several modes. Additional detail on select pieces from this product is available in my portfolio.

Fourth of July On-Time Performance at Highest-Traffic Airports: 2017

Fourth of July On-Time Performance at Highest-Traffic Airports: 2017

A map graphic for public release showing airport performance metrics during July 4th weekend, 2017.

Utah County Earthquake Damage Risk Areas

Utah County Earthquake Damage Risk Areas

Multi-criteria evaluation map created for advanced GIS graduate course

AAG 2018 Annual Meeting Snapchat Filter

AAG 2018 Annual Meeting Snapchat Filter

Snapchat filter created for the 2018 AAG Annual Meeting, deployed and used by attendees at the conference as they documented their experiences in New Orleans

AAG Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas

AAG Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas

Click here for the full interactive web map

Using the ArcGIS Online platform, I built an interactive web map for prospective geographers to find programs relevant to their needs and interests. Using SQL queries, departments featured on the map are filterable by degree type, region/area of interest, and subdiscipline. Students can also search for programs within given geographic parameters and export a file of their results for further analysis.

AAG Boston Walking Map

AAG Boston Walking Map

Conference navigation map created and distributed to over 9000 attendees at the AAG 2017 Annual Meeting in Boston

National Transit Map logo

National Transit Map logo

Transit sign-inspired logo created for the National Transit Map

AAG 2017 Poster

AAG 2017 Poster

An expanded version of my Geovisualization/Cartography project, presented as a poster at the 2017 AAG Annual Meeting in Boston. Maps in QGIS and ArcMap, designs and layout in Illustrator CC 2017.

Projections + Tissot's Indicatrix

Projections + Tissot's Indicatrix

Project for Geovisualization/Cartography graduate course illustrating the impact of projection of size, shape, and directions of landmasses

GW Geog Ping Pong 2017

GW Geog Ping Pong 2017

Graphic created for geography department end-of-year ping pong tournament in 2017

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Cartography redesign for Mapping Historical New York: A Digital Atlas
Interactive map of Los Angeles for Spherical Studio
Understanding an individual crop's resiliency with VACS Explorer
Understanding the intersections of exposures and outcomes with the Health Atlas
Exploring the future of food in a struggling climate with the VACS Explorer
Interactive map native California plants with Las Plantasticas at Exploratorium
Global basemap design for Amazon Web Services
Exposing contributors to economic disparity with the Distressed Communities Index
Micromobility in the U.S.
Draft of regional entry for the National Transportation Atlas
The Informed Cyclist's Guide to Biking in the District of Columbia
A year on the Queen Mississippi
Average truck traffic in 2015 vs. 2045
Africa - General Purpose Continental Wall Map
Select Transportation Infrastructure of the United States
E85 Stations in Top Corn-Producing States
Visit America's National Parks by Rail
Washington Metro Area Transit
Golden Spike Historical Site for Spike150
All Roads in the Greater Washington-Baltimore Area
Iceland
Transit in the Bay Area
Intermodal facilities in Boston
Transportation Fatality Rate per State
Oceania - General Purpose Continental Wall Map
Interstate Congestion and Ozone Nonattainment Areas
Impact of Hurricanes on Select Ports: 2017 and 2018
Change in Congestion by Metropolitan Area: 2013 to 2017
Bridges in Poor Condition in the Great Lakes Region
Transportation Geography of the United States
Fourth of July On-Time Performance at Highest-Traffic Airports: 2017
Utah County Earthquake Damage Risk Areas
AAG 2018 Annual Meeting Snapchat Filter
AAG Guide to Geography Programs in the Americas
AAG Boston Walking Map
National Transit Map logo
AAG 2017 Poster
Projections + Tissot's Indicatrix
GW Geog Ping Pong 2017
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