Maps were received from locations as far apart as Australia, Latvia and Honduras and represented geography from locations as varied as The Great Barrier Reef and The French Alps. In particular the new Map Collection category yielded many examples of Atlases and other excellent collections that truly impressed all the judges. Entries were received 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. A special acknowledgement should be given for the large contingent of maps received from Australian cartographers and publishers which proved to set the bar very high for everyone else and resulted in no less than 8 awards and honourable mentions, including Best Map. Good On Ya, Mates!
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.
A copy of all winning maps and notable entrants for this year’s competition will be forwarded to The Map Division of the Library of Congress in
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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Author(s): Craig Molyneux Organization: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Copyright: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Description: The Australia Wall Map was compiled using original Illustrator artwork of each state of Australia, then geo-referencing it against a base compiled from DCW 1:1,000,000 data. Each state was then re-projected to the final projection system and placed in a composite Australia base that contained geo-referenced drainage and coastline information. A master grid was created using MAPublisher's Grid Generator function with intervals of 1 minute. This in turn was converted to guides in Illustrator so that text could be easily rotated. Topographic and bathymetric relief was created from data from Geoscience Australia. The relief model was already in the same projection as the final map, and to prove the accuracy of the compilation done by MAPublisher, all the drainage and coastline fitted perfectly with the already projected image. This map also won the general purpose category. |
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Author(s): Will Pringle Organization: Australian Geographic, Terrey Hills, Australia Copyright: Australian Geographic, Terrey Hills, Australia Description: The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Map was produced specifically to accompany an article on the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in the Australian Geographic journal, Issue 76, and was designed to fit a fold-out triple gatefold layout. Designed and produced on a Mac platform using Adobe Illustrator 8.0.1 and MAPublisher 4, the base map framework (roads, rivers and coastline) were imported as shapefiles from data sourced from GeoScience Australia. The marine park boundaries, zones, shipping channels, etc were imported as shapefiles from data supplied by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. Shapefiles for other national parks was purchased from the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. All data was imported as Lat/Long and reprojected and rescaled using MAPublisher. The map grid was also produced using MAPublisher. The two insets were initially produced as seperate files in Illustrator/MAPublisher and later copied to the main document. MAPublisher made the production of this map feasible within the tight deadlines set by the editorial department of the journal. |
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Title: The Otways 4WD Map Author(s): Craig Molyneux Organization: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Copyright: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Description: Designed in the same series as the Wombat State Forest 4WD Map, The Otways 4WD Map has replaced the existing government-produced map of the area as the "must have" map. The 1:100,000 map was produced in Illustrator 8 (Mac) using MAPublisher 4. The original base data was derived from 1:25,000 and also incorporated numerous GPS plots of roads and tracks in the area. A geo-referenced black and white satellite image of the area was also used in the compilation of the map. This image was placed behind the vector data using MAPublisher's Register Image command. The original data was in a UTM projection based on the AGD 66 ellipsoid. MAPublisher was used to quickly and accurately create a grid to overlay the map. One issue that was encountered was where the map changed to a different UTM zone. A separate grid had to be made for this area and rotated accordingly. This map is presented in a double-sided format for in-car use. As such a CD-ROM version of the contiguous map is available, but it is geo-referenced using UTM Zone 54H. When used in a program such as OziExplorer the zone 55H references are automatically calculated. |
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Author(s): Craig Molyneux Organization: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Copyright: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Description: The Australia Wall Map was compiled using original Illustrator artwork of each state of Australia, then geo-referencing it against a base compiled from DCW 1:1,000,000 data. Each state was then re-projected to the final projection system and placed in a composite Australia base that contained geo-referenced drainage and coastline information. A master grid was created using MAPublisher's Grid Generator function with intervals of 1 minute. This in turn was converted to guides in Illustrator so that text could be easily rotated. Topographic and bathymetric relief was created from data from Geoscience Australia. The relief model was already in the same projection as the final map, and to prove the accuracy of the compilation done by MAPublisher, all the drainage and coastline fitted perfectly with the already projected image. This map also won Best Map. |
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Title: 2004 Pine County Geologic Atlas, Part B Plate 8: Hydrogeology of the Unconsolidated and Bedrock Aquifers Author(s): Jim Berg Organization: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Division of Waters, St. Paul, MN, USA Copyright: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, St. Paul, MN, USA & Minnesota Geological Survey, Minneapolis, MN, USA Description: The Pine County Geologic Atlas is a systematic study of the geologic and ground-water resources. Geologic studies include both near-surface deposits and bedrock. Ground-water studies include flow systems, aquifer capacity, ground-water chemistry, and sensitivity to pollution . In some areas sand and gravel deposits, sinkholes, or other features are studied. The information is organized, analyzed, and displayed using GIS technology in conjunction with MAPublisher. Source water protection and well sealing programs are examples of local programs that need geologic and ground-water information. |
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Title: World Natural Resources Author(s): Laurie Whiddon, Chief Cartographer & Sarah Anderson, Project Manager with multiple Authors at Weldon Owen Pty Limited. Map submitted by Karen Penzes. Organization: Weldon Owen Publishing, McMahons Point, Australia Copyright: Weldon Owen Publishing, McMahons Point, Australia Description: The World Natural Resources map was created as part of the general reference section of an atlas of the world. A 1999 digital chart of the world in DXF format, general bathymetric chart of the oceans (GEBCO 97), globe 30 arc second digital elevation model, STRM 90 DEM data, and NIMA Geographic Names server were used as source datasets. MAPublisher 4 was used for the import of DXF files, and subsequently reprojected and scaled. DCW layers were changed to IWA specifications, and was further revised and updated with consultants comments and markup. Labels were added using NIMA names server, and make and fill masks created from key lines. These masks and key lines were exported to Adobe Photoshop 7. Within Photoshop 7, mountain relief were created from Globe 30 second DEM data using Global Mapper, and imported into PhotoShop as a raster image layer. Mask off relief was created using layer masks imported from Illustrator. Colours for the relief were corrected and enhanced to IWA specifications. DXF was imported into Illustrator and using MAPublisher to project and create bathymetric tints from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO 97). These bathymetric tints were imported into PhotoShop as a layer vignette and feather the combined layers. The TIFF image was exported and placed into Illustrator as a relief layer. The page template and index grid were created using MAPublisher 4. |
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Title: Swiss Public Transport Author(s): Hans Krenn Organization: Duplex Design GmbH, Basel, Switzerland Copyright: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB), Bern, Switzerland Description: This map is one of a series of Swiss Public Transport maps which were generated for Swiss commuters and visitors to Switzerland. These maps display route information for trains, buses, ships, and cableways within Switzerland. Despite the fact that these maps had different content, scales and information densities, the same data source was used to ensure consistency in information quality and graphic design, as all the maps must be readily updated quickly and in short intervals. Data stored in SBB's (Swiss Railways) timetable database system was exported as a structured text file. Geographical coordinates and other attributes of all the stations in Switzerland (Swiss Grid), lists of all companies offering public transport (with respective fare rates) and a list of the timetable‘s field numbers per station were used as attribute data. A relational database application was developed to analyze the various datasets. Connection lines between stations were created and operator companies and fare rates for connections were stored which allowed for the creation of groups and priorities of connections and stations, etc. By updating the source data with new timetable information, all related information is automatically updated for future map creations. Geographic data was exported into MID/MIF files and was subsequently imported to respective layers in Adobe Illustrator, sometimes replacing or adding to existing data. MAPublisher provided full access to all attributes, to select them directly, or move them to other layers, as every layer containing geographical information is registered to MAPublisher. All maps contained a relief image which was also registered to MAPublisher. This relief was created with a digital terrain model by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. All other vector map information (rivers, lakes, etc.) was also registered using MAPublisher. |
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Category: Special Purpose Title: Victoria Living Sustainability Author(s): Laurie Anticaglia Organization: Land Victoria, Department of Sustainability & Environment, Ballarat, Australia Copyright: Land Victoria, Department of Sustainability & Environment, Ballarat, Australia Description: The purpose of the Department of Sustainability & Environment Victoria map is to show the Department's workcentres and regions in relation to public land and other local government jurisdictions. Two Adobe Illustrator files were set up, one for the main map and one for the inset which was later imported / placed as an oval shaped EPS. Transparencies such as the inset area on the main map needed to be converted to raster prior to going to 'film'. All preparotory work was done mostly in Mapinfo and some in Arcinfo. Images were blended in Adobe Photoshop to complete the design. A final run of 3000 maps were successfully printed. |
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Category: Special Purpose Title: Solano County Parcel Map Author(s): Greg Tanaka, Randall Block, Steve Laine, Andrew Gaskin Organization: Barclay Mapworks, Inc., Dublin, CA, USA Copyright: Barclay Mapworks, Inc., Dublin, CA, USA Description: The Solano County MLS Map was designed for the Chicago Title Insurance Company. The primary function is to promote their services to Real Estate Offices. This highly detailed map includes Multiple Listing Service zones (MLS), parcels, and building footprints, all of which Realtors find extremely beneficial when locating properties for their clients. MAPublisher allows for the import of existing data such as parcel, hydrology, and MLS into a single Illustrator document. Features such as buildings, freeways, baseball diamonds, tennis courts, and golf course layouts were digitized from aerial imagery in Arc View and Auto CAD then imported via MAPublisher. |
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Category: Special Purpose Title: Mercer Island Park System Guide Author(s): Staff at The King County GIS Center in collaboration with the City of Mercer Island. Map submitted by Patrick Jankanish of The King County GIS Center. Organization: City of Mercer Island Parks and Recreation, Mercer Island, WA, USA Copyright: City of Mercer Island Parks and Recreation, Mercer Island, WA, USA Description: The Mercer Island Park System Guide was designed to be a reference tool for park system users. All developed and semi-developed parks and recreation areas and other community features in the City of Mercer Island are represented by the maps and the supplemental information in the guide. The core feature of the guide is a citywide map that incorporates vector data, hillshading, and a selection of orthophoto images. The map production workflow consisted of three major tasks: 1) assembly of spatial data into an ArcView project to perform operations best suited or unique to that environment, such as various geoprocessing tasks and the creation of a hillshaded image (using Spatial Analyst); 2) importation of spatial data files to an Adobe Illustrator drawing using MAPublisher; 3) building of the finished map using the vector graphics tools of Illustrator, in combination with the image editing and compositing capability of Adobe PhotoShop. Data sources for the Mercer Island Park System Guide included an ArcInfo grid file of high-resolution lidar ground surface elevation data, detailed aerial orthophotographs (TIFFs with corresponding world files), and numerous shapefiles. MAPublisher was a crucial tool for moving all spatial data into Adobe Illustrator, for manipulating vector data within Illustrator according to the data feature attributes, and for registering imported orthophoto images to the map drawing. Simple graphical element bounding boxes provided the means for transferring and registering elements between Illustrator and Photoshop and back. |
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Category: General Purpose Title: Alaska Author(s): David Imus Organization: Imus Geographics, Eugene, OR, USA / Pat Dunlavey Cartographics, Williamstown, MA, USA Copyright: Imus Geographics, Eugene, OR, USA Description: The Alaska, USA map was created to be the definitive geographic reference map of the state and to be the first map of Alaska that is both highly informative and aesthetically pleasing. Data sources were primarily maps digitized in MicroStation and then imported via MAPublisher. A wide variety of additional GIS sources and applications were employed for data preprocessing prior to importing into Illustrator including FME, GRASS, Manifold and Macromedia FreeHand. |
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Category: General Purpose Title: South East Australia Wall Map Author(s): Craig Molyneux Organization: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Copyright: Meridian Maps, Geelong West, Australia Description: This area of Australia contains a population of around 10,000,000 people - nearly half the country's population - and as such had never really been mapped at this level of detail before on one sheet. The map was designed for businesses in the area that needed a planning tool for their staff - to show sales areas, transport links, etc. Data for this map was obtained from a number of different sources. Firstly the base was created from freely available Geoscience Australia (GA) 1:1,000,000 data. Public land data was obtained from relevant government authorities in South Australia and New South Wales, whilst the Victorian public land data was sourced from Geoscience Australia 1:250,000 topographical data. Relief shading was created using Geoscience Australia's 9 Second DEM product. All data was imported into Illustrator 8 via MAPublisher 4 and was provided in MapInfo mid/mif format. MAPublisher was used extensively in the initial stages of map construction when the Select By Attribute command isolated data to be tagged with particular map styles. Also, by using the Select By Attribute command with point data, to isolate features in the data, the Feature Text Label command was then used to apply text styles to the selected data, which was then placed on a new layer. For instance, the Locality point data included homesteads, place names, locality names, mountain names, etc. By selecting the point features by their relevant attribute (eg. 4 for homestead), Feature Text Label command could then be used and applied a font style to only the selected features, then move to a new layer. |
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Category: General Purpose Title: Lake Erie Author(s): Staff at Canadian Geographic. Contact Steve Fick for more infomation. Organization: Canadian Geographic, Ottawa, ON, Canada Copyright: Canadian Geographic, Ottawa, ON, Canada Description: The Lake Erie map was created to accompany the September/October 2003 issue of the Canadian Geographic magazine. It was designed to be a general purpose, in depth look at a particular region of Canada, similar to previous poster maps created by Canadian Geographic. In this case of course, the region overlaps the border with the United States. The data for this map came from many different sources, including the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Geophysical Data Center, Natural Resources Canada, Great Lakes Information Network, among others. Various collected files were first imported into Freehand with MAPublisher and then projected, classified and edited, also with MAPublisher. The data was then styled in Freehand. Bathymetric data was combined from several GEODAS tiles into 1 contiguous DEM. It was then projected in ArcInfo and exported as a raw Photoshop image. This image was manipulated in Photoshop for the lighting/shadow effects. The background elevation TIFF was manipulated in Photoshop for colours and lighting. All area fills and linework was exported from Freehand as EPS, and imported into Photoshop. Here, they were combined with the background elevation TIFF and the bathymetric TIFF to create the full background image. This image was exported as a TIFF and imported into the main Freehand document. Final text and point symbols were combined with the background image in Freehand. This was exported to Quark Xpress to combine the inset maps, main map, text boxes, and other surround information for final print production. |
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Title: Cape York Author(s): Craig Molyneux. Submitted by Rob Boegheim of Hema Maps. Organization: CartDeco Cartographics, Geelong West, Australia Copyright: Hema Maps, Brisbane, Australia Description: The map is squarely aimed at 4wd/off-road drivers heading on a 2-3 week trip to the remote Cape York peninsula, an adventurous and arduous 1000km trip taken by tens of thousands of off-roaders each year to reach Australia's most northern point. The map features a detailed topographic inset of the northern tip of Cape York, including GPS waypoints, detailed road distances, attractive but subtle relief shading and lots of informative text, photos and contact details for anyone planning a trip to the area. More than 80% of the roads and tracks in the map area have been GPS surveyed by field staff. This data is then combined with goverment base data in MapInfo before being imported and reprojected in Illustrator via MAPublisher. DEM data is then used to create the relief shading via GeoCart and Photoshop. This new and much improved edition resulted in a high level of accuracy and allowed the map to be distributed on CD for use with real-time GPS mapping software. |
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Category: Thematic Title: Governments & Flashpoints Author(s): Laurie Whiddon, Chief Cartographer & Sarah Anderson, Project Manager with multiple Authors at Weldon Owen Pty Limited. Map submitted by Karen Penzes. Organization: Weldon Owen Publishing, McMahons Point, Australia Copyright: Weldon Owen Publishing, McMahons Point, Australia Description: The Governments and Flashpoints map was created as part of the general reference section of an atlas of the world. A 1999 digital chart of the world in DXF format, general bathymetric chart of the oceans (GEBCO 97), globe 30 arc second digital elevation model, STRM 90 DEM data, and NIMA Geographic Names server were used as source datasets. MAPublisher 4 was used for the import of DXF files, and subsequently used to reproject and scale them. DCW layers were changed to IWA specifications, and further revised and updated with comments from consultants. Labels were added using the NIMA names to create and make and fill masks from key lines. These masks and key lines were exported to Adobe Photoshop 7. Within Photoshop 7 the mountain relief were created from Globe 30 second DEM data using Global Mapper, and imported into PhotoShop as a raster image layer. Mask off relief was created using layer masks imported from Illustrator. Colours for the relief were corrected and enhanced to IWA specifications. The DXF data was then imported into Illustrator and using MAPublisher and reprojected and was then used to create bathymetric tints from the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO 97). These bathymetric tints were imported into PhotoShop as a layer vignette and feather into the combined layers. The TIFF image was exported and placed into Illustrator as a relief layer. The page template and index grid were also created using MAPublisher 4. |
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Category: Transportation Title: Dallas-Ft. Worth Area Freeway System Author(s): Susan Tsutsumi Organization: Automobile Club of Southern California, Costa Mesa, CA, USA Copyright: AAA Club Services, LLC, Costa Mesa, CA, USA Description: This is a map of the Freeway System of the Dallas-Ft.Worth area. This guide to the freeway system includes ramps and major roads. The map was created by the Automobile Club primarily as a free benefit of membership for resident and visiting motorists to the DFW area. The map was drawn in Adobe Illustrator 10 with MAPublisher 5.0. Data source materials included digitally reprojected/geo-referenced 7.5 minute Chartiff USGS topographic maps, US Census Tiger files and geo-referenced air photos flown and supplied on DVD by Landiscor. Also used Texas Department of Transportation maps and various other sources including US Postal service ZIP+4 guide to verify street names. Field-checked items that could not be verified by other sources of information. Base and county boundaries were obtained from Tiger files. Topos were assembled for the map base using the “Register Image” feature in MAPublisher. Roads and hydrology were traced. Recently constructed roadways and reservoirs (most topos dated back to the late 1970’s and 80’s) were obtained by placing geo-referenced air photos into the map using the “Register Image” feature in MAPublisher and then tracing air photos. Street type and place names were then added to the map. A scale bar was created with MAPublisher and then altered to match the standard AAA scale bar style. |
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Category: Collection Title: Tourist Guide of Latvia (Latvijas Celvedis) Author(s): Janis Turlajs, Mareks Kilups, Ilze Antena, Edmunds Gvido Zvaigzne, Eva Haberkorne-Vimba, Jana Cimoka, Gints Millins, Ilona Kilupa Organization: Jana Seta Map Publishers Ltd., Riga, Latvia Copyright: Jana Seta Map Publishers Ltd., Riga, Latvia Description: The Tourist guide of Latvia (Latvijas Celvedis) is a comprehensive edition, devised for each traveller in Latvia. It contains the necessary information – descriptions of interesting objects, photographies, revisory regional maps, plans of towns and villages, detailed maps of particular tourism regions and a block with the practical information about accommodation, catering, tourist information centres, museums, annual festivals and recreation. In the 292 pages of the guide there are 132 maps of different scales. The rich cartographical material is a representative trait for this tourist guide. There are 10 divisions in the guide each corresponding to one tourism region. The maps for this edition are in various scales and developed using various approach and technology. The overview maps at a scale of 1:1 450 000 were made in Adobe Illustrator with MAPublisher. In previously prepared maps the data were imported from ArcView shapefiles, for example, frames of the maps and contours of the observed regions. The introduction of the edition contains also small scale administrative and physiographic maps of Latvia. At the beginning of each division there is given the overview map of the region at a scale 1:550 000. Regional maps are made in Adobe Illustrator and then the special information – the tourism infrastructure objects and frames of more detailed maps imported from ESRI ArcView shapefiles. Outside the territory of the observed regions in the overview maps a grey transparent mask is given. The general maps at a scale 1:200 000 were developed on the base of maps from the Road Atlas of Latvia (edition of 2002). But the cartographical information was totally revised and considerably improved due to specific character of the new edition. Also here the additional information and update was managed by importing ESRI ArcView shapefiles from ESRI GIS-based database of Latvia. Plans of towns and villages of Latvia are in scales from 1:7 000 to 1:25 000. Plans were made initially digitising elements in Macromedia Freehand and afterwards designing the map in Adobe Illustrator. Georeferencing was managed via MAPublisher. All the maps in Latvia tourist guide features the main map elements – roads and streets, landuse, hydrography, but special attention is paid to objects of tourism, nature and cultural significance. In the textual part of the guide (both descriptive and practical information) there are references on the location of the object in the map – page number and index. It helps to find the necessary object in the map. Also the alphabetical index of place names and tourism objects depicts the location by page numbers and quadrants of maps. The design developed via Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Freehand. The edition compiled in Quark Xpress. |
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