Winners 2011

CaGIS Map Design Competition

Best of Show

Atlas of Florida’s Natural Heritage
Gary Knight, Jon Oetting, Lou Cross, eds.
Florida State University

 

Thematic Category

Best of Category

Top 25 Surnames in Each State by Geographic Origin
Oliver Uberti, Mina Liu
National Geographic Magazine

Honorable Mention

The World at Seven Billion
John Tomanio
National Geographic Magazine

Day to Day Challenge / Alaska Trek
Martin Gamache, Colter Sikora
National Geographic Magazine

 

Reference Category

Best of Category

Beneath the Left Bank
Virginia Mason, Jane Vessels
National Geographic Magazine

Honorable Mentions

Australia’s Monumental Reef
Sean McNaughton, Virginia Mason, Stefan Fechtel
National Geographic Magazine

Paths to the Pole
Virginia Mason, Stephen Tyson
National Geographic Magazine

El Capitan: Scaling the Wall
Martin Gamache, Lawson Parker, Jane Vessels, Clay Wadman, Aldo Chiappe
National Geographic Magazine

Africa’s Great Lakes
William McNulty, Debbie Gibbons, Rosemary Daley, Jane Vessels
National Geographic Magazine

 

Recreation / Travel Category

Best of Category

Big Sky Area
Will Robertson
Beartooth Publishing

Honorable Mentions

Haida Gwaii [Queen Charlotte Islands]
Andrew Allen
Musio Ventures, Ltd.

Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex: South Half
Jamie Robertson, Amelia Hagen-Dillon
Cairn Cartographics

Potomac Gorge
Thom Kaye, Brian Goudreau
Potomac Appalachian Trail Conference

Guide to the Ansel Adams Wilderness
Daniel Spring
General Dynamics Information Technology for the U.S. Forest Service

 

Book/Atlas Category

Best of Category

Atlas of Florida’s Natural Heritage
Gary Knight, Jon Oetting, Lou Cross, eds.
Florida State University

Honorable Mention

Northeastern Ontario Backroad Mapbook
Andrew Allen
Musio Ventures, Ltd.

National Geographic Collegiate Atlas of the World, Second Edition
National Geographic Maps and Atlases

 

Other Maps

Best of Category

The Night Sky: a Photographic Portrait
Nick Risinger
Skysurvey.org

Honorable Mentions

3D Atlas of Zion National Park
Steven L. Richardson and Ben Richardson
2i3d Imaging

 

Interactive Digital Category

Best of Category

Arboretum Interactive Map
Tanya Buckingham, David Heyman, Mark Wegener, Kevin McSweeney
University of Wisconsin—Madison Cartography Laboratory, Axis Maps, University of Wisconsin Arboretum

Honorable Mention

Amundsen Interactive Map, September 2011
Juan Velasco
National Geographic Magazine

Albertine Rift Interactive Map and Video, November 2011
Juan Velasco
National Geographic Magazine

 

Student Category

Arthur Robinson Award for Best Printed Map

Natural Hazards of South Carolina
Elbie Bentley
University of South Carolina

David Woodward Award for Best Electronic Map

Web GIS for Older Adult Services
Joseph Saltenberger
San Diego State University

Honorable Mentions

Religious Diversity in South Carolina
Elbie Bentley
University of South Carolina

Lifecycles of Long-Lived Tornadic Supercells
Stephen Strader
Northern Illinois University

Arab Spring Timeline
Samar Ibrahim
Middlebury College

Georges Island National Historic Site
William Gillies
Centre of Geographic Sciences

Broken Windows and Violent Crime in Philadelphia
Brad Carter
Ryerson University

New York City Energy Consumption Map
Shaky Sherpa
Columbia University