Travis Folk: “Surely there are folks desirous of traditional cartography of a modern landscape.”

Very Expensive Maps

Green Pond wildlife biologist and map designer for New World Cartography discusses working with artist Tony Waters, radio-tracking northern bobwhites (quail) under the pines of the Conecuh National Forest, memorializing Aldo the Llewellin Setter on a map of game birds, and agreeing to a 9x14-ft project before knowing exactly how to uh, install a 9x14-ft project (it turned out great). See Folk’s maps at newworldcartography.com

• Oysters of North America map
• Upland Game Birds map
• The family business: Folk Land Management
• Port Royal Sound Foundation
• Maps by Union Army topographical engineer Robert Knox Sneden
• Books of maps curated from the Library of Congress by Vincent Virga
• Underwater feature toponymic authority: GEBCO-SCUFN

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