Fire Hazards in the Pacific Northwest

I contributed a couple of maps to this excellent report about fire hazard risk in the Pacific Northwest, published by the Seattle-based Sightline Institute. It's well worth a read!

 

Holiday Card, 2025 Edition

 In 2025 we spent a lot of timing mapping southern Oregon, all of Kentucky, and agricultural lands in Yakima County, all of which are featured in this year's card. Mappy Holidays!

Holiday Card, 2024 Edition

 

This is a collage of tessellated Christmas Trees, each of which features a map we made in 2024. Mappy Holidays to all! 

Holiday Card, 2023 Edition

Mappy Holidays from CORE GIS! I decided to draw and paint this year's card of fictional peaceful islands, rather than using digital tools. 
 

Holiday Card, 2022 Edition

Mappy Holidays from CORE GIS! We backpacked in the Swiss Alps this summer and I enjoyed the beautiful topographic maps we saw along our route so much I wanted to apply a similar style to our own Alps--the Alpine Lakes Wilderness! In this map, Snoqualmie Pass is visible on the bottom left. This map mimics the cartographic techniques pioneered by the Swiss map maker Eduard Imhof, and translated into modern mapping technology by John Nelson.

Holiday Card, 2021 Edition

 Mappy Holidays from CORE GIS! Original artwork by Matt Stevenson.

Hiking Washington's History, 2nd Edition--Now With Maps in Color!

Last year I worked with the University of Washington Press to produce an entirely new set of maps for the second edition of the book Hiking Washington's History, available here, here, and here, and I received my cartographer's copy last month.

I produced the maps for the first edition in black and white (ten years ago!!), which presented its own set of unique cartographic challenges. For the second edition, I was able to work in color, but the second edition format is slightly smaller, so even the maps that were carried over with minimal changes (other than switching to color) had to be modified to fit the new dimensions and aspect ratio.

The final result turned out beautifully in my opinion. The book is well written and full of great photos and stories. My family has used it to select several hikes and it adds a nice layer of meaning and context to an already enjoyable activity.

HWH 2nd Ed Cover

 

The map for Deception Pass State Park, one of my favorites

One of the many mind-blowing historical photos

It always makes me smile to see a cartography attribution in a book