I illustrate the information you wish
to show to your clients or readership succinctly and designed in a way
to suit your publication. From one-off events maps, map series to
atlases.
I have made maps for outdoor display, print, web and apps for smartphones.
I have
supplied maps to companies in South Africa, Singapore, Australia, Sri
Lanka, the Netherlands and United States.
There is one map displayed on
Hurtigruten's cruise ship, the MS Fram, touring the Arctic and
Antarctic.
In producing such marvellously clear
and informative maps and end-papers, the cartographer, John Plumer, has made an
enormous contribution.
Jeremy Archer, author, Away at
Christmas. Elliot & Thompson Ltd
In the UK I create maps for newspapers, monthly magazines, county
tourist organisations, wildlife trusts, estate agents, national and
international book publishers.
how I work
I can deliver the data and design. I use map data I have accumulated
in 14 years of freelance mapping with up-to-date publications, and the
growing amount of open data available by national mapping agencies and
governments.
I use a combination of GIS (Geographic Informations Systems) for data
retrieval and analysis, and graphics design packages to illustrate. I
work on PC and Apple Mac platforms.
JP Map Graphics Ltd is the company name I work under. I am, for all
essential purposes, a freelance cartographer.
My company was
incorporated in 1998, originally as London Map Graphics Ltd. Having
moved to Exeter, Devon, to minimize production costs and take advantage
of the growth of telecommunications, JP Map Graphics has suited better.
Month in, month out, John provides us
with a great selection of maps - on time, to brief and lovely to look at.
Geordie Torr, Editor, Geographical
About me
I am currently studying for an MSc in GISystems and Science on a part-time basis from Kingston University, London. I
graduated from Oxford Polytechnic in 1991 in Geography and Cartography
with an Honorary Degree.
From 1992
to 1999 I worked in Covent Garden, London, as Cartographic Designer at
Dorling Kindersley. Whilst at DK I designed the map specifications for
some of their atlases.
In 2010 and 2011 I have supplied maps to The Sunday Times Magazine,
National Geographic Traveller (UK) magazine, Dive magazine, ABTA
magazine, CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale), North Devon Plus, Knight Frank
Estate Agents, DK Eyewitness Guides, Rough Guides, Hampshire & Isle
of Wight Wildlife Trust and Eliot & Thompson Publishers.