Terrain, maps, and more

This site started out as a resource for cartographers creating shaded relief, panoramas, land cover, and related raster art on maps. It has since grown to include my other cartographic interests and has become a repository for my maps, all of which are in the public domain.

I hope that you enjoy the site.

New stuff

Last update: July 14, 2026

Yosemite Valley 3D Map

This is an AI enhanced map created in Natural Scene Designer Pro 10 from geospatial data. After rendering the initial 3D scene, I entered a Google Gemini text prompt that magically transformed it into a photorealistic image.

Blue Earth Bathymetry 2.0

Custom terrain data for making attractive small-scale maps of the world ocean floor. Created by merging the latest GEBCO and BathDNN25 data, Blue Earth Bathymetry 2.0 is more detailed and accurate than version 1.0.

World Ocean Floor

Inspired by the  classic 1977 map by Heezen, Tharp, and Berann, my new seafloor map incorporates the latest bathymetric data, depicting topographic features with plan oblique relief and even cast shadows.

Heart of the Adirondack High Peaks

This 3D perspective map reveals a rugged landscape crisscrossed by a network of trails leading to enticing destinations, such as Mt. Marcy, the highest peak in New York state. It is a map that will inspire you to go hiking.

From Airbrush to AI: My Career in Cartographic Relief Presentation

A Library of Congress presentation about my career as a terrain artist for the US National Park Service. I discuss major milestones in NPS relief presentation over the last 50 years.

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Shaded Relief




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I am now retired and no longer take on freelance work.