Maps were received from as far away and disparate locations as Latvia and Louisiana and from a variety of academic, governmental and private business organizations and individuals. Each and every map exemplified excellent and knowledgeable use of MAPublisher as well as skillful cartographic eyes and hands.
We would like to thank all of those who took the time to enter our competition and although we could only select a small sample as the best in each category we want to congratulate all entrants for a job well done.
Below you will find a detailed listing of all the winners and honourable mentions and have an opportunity to view each of these great works. ENJOY!
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| Title: Official Map of Louisiana 2000 Author(s): John Snead, Edwin Millet, Robert Paulsell, Lisa Pond, and Edward Koch Organization: Louisiana Geological Survey, USA Copyright: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Baton Rouge, LA Description: This map series has been produced in ten editions since 1928. The purpose of this map is to depict the physical and cultural elements of the state with emphasis on official political boundaries, transportation, and government facilities. The 2000 edition is the first to be produced entirely digitally rather than by photocomposition technology. It was prepared by the Louisiana Geological Survey under contract from the Dept. of Transportation & Development. Sources of data were diverse and numerous, but primarily from state and federal agencies now heavily involved in GIS. Many data sets were created from scratch as no digital spatial data was available. Most GIS data was initially compiled in ArcView 3.2 where georeferencing and attributing was done. Some data was first processed in ArcInfo or Microstation MGE. MAPublisher was used to import ArcView shape files into Illustrator 8.0. Some raster data was processed in Imagine and Photoshop 5.5, vectorized with Streamline 4.0, and finished in Illustrator 8.0. All cartographic design, symbology, and typography was done in Illustrator 8.0 using MAPublisher 4.0. This map also won the General Purpose category. |
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Title: Nord-du-Québec - Nunavik - Baie-James Author(s): KOREM Inc. (several authors) Organization: KOREM Inc., Canada Copyright: Tourisme Québec, Montréal Description: This submission is a touristic map of the northern regions of the province of Québec. The map shows relief, land use and main socio-economic activities. It was produced upon the request of Tourisme Québec, the provincial tourism authority, using MapInfo Professional, Vertical Mapper, Adobe Illustrator 8.01 and MAPublisher 4.0. The data used in the map was provided by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles Base de données Géographique et Administrative (BDGA) and Digital Elevation of the World (DEW), 30 arc-second, provided by Northwood Technologies Inc. MAPublisher was used to import data from MapInfo Professional through a mid/mif format to Adobe Illustrator. Then, by taking advantage of the associated MapInfo descriptive data, the MAPublisher "Select by Attributes" function was used to group objects and attribute a style to them accordingly. This was especially the case with the road network. The MAPublisher "Feature Text Label" option was finally used to display labels of the various place names. The graphical conception was made by the graphic design agency, Devant le Jardin de Bertuch. This map has been produced in both French and English. |
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Title: Sangre de Cristo & Great Sand Dunes Author(s): Kent Schulte Organization: Sky Terrain, USA Copyright: Sky Terrain, Boulder, CO Description: This map of the Sangre de Cristo & Great Sand Dunes area of Colorado was produced using Adobe Illustrator 9, Adobe Photoshop 4, World Construction Set 4.55, Arcview and MAPublisher LT. Most of the work was done in Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher LT was used to import, scale & organize USGS 24k & 100k DLG's as well as National Parks Service arc line work into Illustrator. In certain sections the 24k &100k DLGs differed significantly and field work with GPS showed the 100k data to be more accurate. Adobe Photoshop was used for the shaded relief. The 3D views for the front cover was developed in World Construction Set. |
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Title: Official Map of Louisiana 2000 Author(s): John Snead, Edwin Millet, Robert Paulsell, Lisa Pond, and Edward Koch Organization: Louisiana Geological Survey, USA Copyright: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, Baton Rouge, LA Description: This map series has been produced in ten editions since 1928. The purpose of this map is to depict the physical and cultural elements of the state with emphasis on official political boundaries, transportation, and government facilities. The 2000 edition is the first to be produced entirely digitally rather than by photocomposition technology. It was prepared by the Louisiana Geological Survey under contract from the Dept. of Transportation & Development. Sources of data were diverse and numerous, but primarily from state and federal agencies now heavily involved in GIS. Many data sets were created from scratch as no digital spatial data was available. Most GIS data was initially compiled in ArcView 3.2 where georeferencing and attributing was done. Some data was first processed in ArcInfo or Microstation MGE. MAPublisher was used to import ArcView shape files into Illustrator 8.0. Some raster data was processed in Imagine and Photoshop 5.5, vectorized with Streamline 4.0, and finished in Illustrator 8.0. All cartographic design, symbology, and typography was done in Illustrator 8.0 using MAPublisher 4.0. This map also won the best map overall award. |
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This category produced a tie. Title: Grand Canyon 30'x60' Quadrangle, Northwest Arizona Author(s): George Billingsley (Arizona), Alex Donatich (Colorado) Organization: United States Geological Survey, USA Copyright: USA Public Domain Description: The map was started by importing shapefiles of geologic polygons & linework, and hypsographic DLGs, into Adobe Illustrator 8 through MAPublisher 3.5. Raster TIFFs of planimetry and drainages were registered to the geology via MAPublisher's "Register Image" filter. Polygons and lines were selected for stroking and colour filling through the MAPublisher "Select by Attribute" filter. As this Grand Canyon 30'x60' quad encompasses parts of the Grand Canyon National Park, photos and artwork were added to the map sheet to make it appeal to a broader audience. |
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Title: Muravera
Author(s): Deborah Graziosi Organization: Earth Sciences Department -University of Siena, Italy Copyright: Geological Survey of Italy, Italy Description: The purpose of this map is to cartographically depict the geology of the central-eastern area of the island of Sardinia. The map was digitized as arcs and points from scanned legacy maps and topographic sheets using Arcview 3.x. The database structure was built using specifications defined by the Italian Geological Survey for the Italian Geological Database. Polygons were built in Arcinfo and the final coverage was converted to shape files for use in Macromedia FreeHand. The resultant shape files were brought into FreeHand 8 using MAPublisher 3.5. MAPublisher's "Register Image" function was used to register the topographic sheet and MAPublisher's legend tools were used to create and apply line and fill styles. Finally the geologic sections and tectonic and stratographic schemes were added. |
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Title: Santa Rosa - Sketch Plan B Author(s): Mark Chambers Organization: Dyett & Bhatia, USA Copyright: Dyett & Bhatia, San Francisco, CA Description: The Sketch Plan was one of several maps created from the city of Santa Rosa's parcel base. The base data was provided to Dyett & Bhatia in Arcview shapefile format. This was part of the process of defining potential development in the area and a vision for Santa Rosa for the next twenty years. MAPublisher 3.5 was used to import the shapefiles to Macromedia Freehand 8 and to style the map accordingly. A ‘lighten’ lens fill was used to fade the existing uses and highlight vacant and redevelopment areas. |
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This category produced a tie. Title: Montana 2000-2001 Highway Map Author(s): Ed Madej, Dave Highness, Gerry Daumiller, Gay Scheibl, and Ed Ereth Organization: Montana Natural Resource Information System & Montana Department of Transportation, USA Copyright: The State of Montana Department of Transportation, Helena, MT Description: The 2001-2002 Montana Highway Map is the first completely digitally produced official Montana state highway map. Base data layers were constructed in ArcInfo 7.x and ArcView 3.2 GIS and saved as ArcView shapefiles. A DEM shaded relief base was then constructed in ArcInfo 7.x GRID and enhanced in Adobe Photoshop 5.5. Finally all layers were combined and registered in Adobe Illustrator 8.01 using MAPublisher 3.5. The map was coloured and typography was added in Adobe llustrator 8.01 using MAPublisher 3.5's selection and labeling tools. |
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Title: Southeast Zeeland Bike Map
Author(s): Hans van der Maarel Organization: eXQte, The Netherlands Copyright: ANWB, The Netherlands Description: This map is part of a series of maps detailing all bicycle routes in The Netherlands that are maintained by the ANWB. The source data is the 1:50000 scale vector product of the TDN (Dutch Topographical Service). The scale of the final product is 1:60000. The process involved conversions from e00 and DGN formats to shape format using FME and importing the resultant shape file data into Adobe Illustrator 8.01 using MAPublisher 4.0. A standard legend was used to ensure that all maps were the same. The bike routes were digitized by eXQte, whereas the text was generated automatically using MAPublisher and overlayed during printing. |
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Title: Scotland - Splendour and Beauty Author(s): Jeff Marshall, Mike Sprayson Organization: Sir Sandford Fleming College, Canada Copyright: Sir Sandford Fleming College, Lindsay, ON Description: The aim of this map was to learn more about Scotland. Jeff traveled there in April 2000 to do some research and take pictures. After returning, he began by downloading e00 files of the UK from geocomm.com. Mike then joined him in the project, and the two of them proceeded to import the files into ArcView through Import71. They subsequently created shapefiles for all the different objects on the map. Using MAPublisher 3.5, they imported the shapefiles into Illustrator 9, and then projected the data using the MAPublisher "Projection Editor". The inset maps were scanned and traced in Illustrator. Once all the maps had been created, the file was stylized, and the text and images were added. Finally the scale bars were created using the MAPublisher Grid Generator. |
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This category produced a tie. Title: JS Latvija Interactive CD Author(s): Gvido Petersons, Sergejs Konotops, Mareks Kilups, Martins Vimba, Gints Roderts, Janis Turlajs and Gints Millins Organization: Jana Seta Map Publishers Ltd., Latvia Copyright: Jana Seta Map Publishers Ltd., Riga, Latvia Description: JS Latvija is an interactive map system which includes many maps covering Latvia which were produced in last 7 years. The majority of the maps were produced using MAPublisher from versions 2.0 through 4.0. The complete process of combining the maps (city map over regional and regional over overview map) was done with MAPublisher 4.0 and Adobe Illustrator 9. Some vector datasets, such as waterflows and watercourses, which were embeded in JS Latvija, were produced with MAPublisher and exported to shape file format for use in Adobe Illustrator. The interactive front-end was produced in a variety of programing environments including Delphi. |
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Title: Birmingham CityMap CD
Author(s): Mark Fairbairn, Robin Hyatt, Tony Fakira and Tim Rideout Organization: XYZ Digital Map Co. Ltd, Scotland Copyright: XYZ Digital Map Co. Ltd, Glasgow & Edinburgh, Scotland Description: XYZ began work on this project by creating a MapInfo database from air photography and detailed fieldwork. Base vector data was then imported into Illustrator 8 using MAPublisher 4.0 and then styled using MAPublisher. Initial text placement was achieved using ESRI Maplex, which was substantially edited and revised in Illustrator using the various MAPublisher text and labeling functions. For the CityMap CD the maps were rasterised using Photoshop. These maps were also used to produce a Birmingham CityMap atlas in book form. |
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Although we could only choose one (or sometimes two) winners in each category, we would like to acknowledge the following maps which we regard as excellent in their own right. |
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Category: Special Purpose
Title: The Long Path - South-Central Catskills Author(s): Herb Chong Organization: New York - New Jersey Trail Conference, USA Copyright: New York - New Jersey Trail Conference, Mahwah, NJ Description: This prototype hiking trail map is being developed to replace the current design of hiking maps produced by the Trail Conference. Created from New York State 10m DEM and USGS 1:100K data, the shaded relief, contour lines, GPS trail tracks, and USGS DLG data were assembled in Illustrator 9 using MAPublisher 4.0. Feature names were added from detailed local atlases and from existing Trail Conference maps. |
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Category: Topographic Title: Valdigne Mont Blanc Author(s): Gianni Belfiore Organization: Hapax Pubblicita di Belfiore, Italy Copyright: Hapax Pubblicita di Belfiore, Aosta, Italy Description: Map of the paths in scale to the 1:50000 of one of the more complex regions of Europe. |
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Category: Topographic Title: Chugach State Park Author(s): Patrick Dunlavey Organization: Pat Dunlavey Cartographics, USA Copyright: Imus Geographics, Eugene, OR Description: This submission was a recreation and reference map of Chugach State Park, Alaska and environs, including part of Anchorage, at a scale of 1:100,000 with 200 feet contours. MAPublisher 3.5 was used to import GIS vector files into Macromedia Freehand 8 after massaging the source data in MicroStation, FME, or both. Subsequently, MAPublisher’s "Select by Attribute" and "Feature Text Label" Xtras were used. The Digital Elevation Model was created by the ArcInfo consultancy, Northern Cartographic of Burlington, VT, from digitized contours, drainage and flatwater. Shaded relief was rendered in GRASS using the r.mapcalc script. Photoshop was used for the final editing of the shaded relief and landcover information image. This map was selected ‘Best of Show’ in the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping's 28th Annual Map Design Competition (2001), as well as ‘Best of Category’. |
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Title: Grand Canyon Author(s): Kent Schulte Organization: Sky Terrain, USA Copyright: Sky Terrain, Boulder, CO Description: This map of the Grand Canyon was produced using Adobe Illustrator 9, Adobe Photoshop 4, World Construction Set 4.55, Arcview and MAPublisher LT. Most of the work was done in Adobe Illustrator. MAPublisher LT was used to import, scale & organize USGS 24k & 100k DLG's as well as National Parks Service arc line work into Illustrator. In certain sections the 24k &100k DLGs differed significantly and field work with GPS showed the 100k data to be more accurate. Adobe Photoshop was used for the shaded relief. The 3D views for the front cover was developed in World Construction Set. |
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Title: Birmingham CityMap Paperback Atlas
Author(s): Mark Fairbairn, Robin Hyatt, Tony Fakira and Tim Rideout Organization: XYZ Digital Map Co. Ltd, Scotland Copyright: XYZ Digital Map Co. Ltd, Glasgow & Edinburgh, Scotland Description: XYZ began work on this project by creating a MapInfo database from air photography and detailed fieldwork. Base vector data was then imported into Illustrator 8 using MAPublisher 4.0 and then styled using MAPublisher. Initial text placement was achieved using ESRI Maplex, which was substantially edited and revised in Illustrator using the various MAPublisher text and labeling functions. These maps were also used to produce a Birmingham CityMap CD-ROM which won in the multimedia category. |
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Title: San Francisco City & County Street Guide and Parcel Detail Atlas
Author(s): David Clausen Organization: Barclay Mapworks, USA Copyright: Barclay Mapworks, Hayward, CA Description: This submission is a comprehensive high-end atlas used mainly by Real Estate professionals in the Bay area of California. It is a reference volume containing information about San Francisco that Realtors can use for purposes such as locating properties, schools, and points-of-interest, finding specific roads and streets, and identifying geologic hazard areas for disclosure purposes. The source of the data used is the City and County of San Francisco. Independent verification efforts by were conducted by Barclay Mapworks. Various .dxf and shape files were imported to Adobe Illustrator 8.01 using MAPublisher 4.0. Once the data was imported, the map was stylized per desired specifications using MAPublisher's selection tools. The "MAP Tagger" tool and MAPublisher "Attribute Tables" were used to identify parcel addresses to create address block ranges. A comprehensive street index was produced using MAPublisher's "Grid Generator" and "Make Index" functions. |
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