Very Expensive Maps

Reno cartographer and outdoorsman Aaron Taveras on why he started making his own trail maps, “taking [his] sweet time” to create a hyper-detailed monochrome 4x5’ map of Nevada landforms, beginning a map with the raster data, an inspiring backcountry ski atlas, teaching cartography by disassembling National Park maps, and the beauty of low-amenity public lands. See Aaron’s maps at cartografix.co

• Kalmiopsis Wilderness trail map
• Grand Teton map
• “Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.”
• Taveras’ 2012 Humboldt Bay map
• My 2014 Bay Area map
• My 2015 Kiribati map
• Taveras’ 2016 Kiribati map
• Eduard shaded relief generator
• Avenza MAPublisher
• Avenza Geographic Imager
• Natural Scene Designer
• QGIS
• ESRI ArcGIS Pro
• U.S. Forest Service GIS data clearinghouse
• U.S. Geological Survey: The National Map
• National Land Cover Dataset
• National Park Service’s Adobe Illustrator files
• Bernhard Jenny
• Alex McPhee (see ep. 6)
• Tom Patterson
• Eduard Imhof
• Mike Hall (see ep. 3)
• Joost Grootens
• Geodetic Institute of Slovenia
• Raven Maps & Images
• Helvetic Backcountry Atlas
• NACIS conference

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