Volume 26 • No 06 • 2003
ISSN 0742-468X • Since 1978
On-line Since 2000

MAPublisher
Map Competition
Winners

Avenza (www.avenza.com)announced the winners its 2003 MAPublisher Map Competition. The competition showcases the quality and diversity of maps that can be produced with MAPublisher.

Ted Florence, president of Avenza Systems Inc. said “We continue to be impressed by the high quality of the maps our users produce and we congratulate the winners and thank all entrants for their excellent display of cartographic skill using MAPublisher.” Frankly, we agree.

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View Map 17-page pdf (19.2 MB) sample jpg (845 KB)	Title: Atlas of Namibia: A portrait of the land and its people Author(s): Carole Roberts , John Mendelsohn, Alice Jarvis and Tony Robertson Organization: Atlas of Namibia Team, Directorate Environment Affairs, Windhoek, Namibia Copyright: Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Namibia Description: This atlas was published at the end of last year and unfortunately this brief description and the images to the left do not to justice to this amazing piece of work. The book contains over 200 maps which were compiled using MAPublisher in conjunction with Adobe Illustrator 8.01 from ArcView .shp files. Apart from thematic maps, the atlas also has topographical, geological, climatic, transportation, etc. maps. It comprises six chapters: Introduction (including 7 topographical maps of the country), physical geography, climate, plants and animals, the land, and the people. The last thematic atlas of Namibia was published 20 years ago. This new atlas is a compilation of the latest GIS, images and statistical information for the country. It was compiled and produced over three years and only possible through the generous support of a great number of people and organisations. The Atlas Project was based in the Ministry of Environment (Directorate of Environmental Affairs) and funded by the Government of Finland, through a bilateral agreement. The book is one of two products of the project. The second product is the data that were assembled and processed to produce the maps. This data is available on the web at www.dea.met.gov.na This map won the thematic category, as well.
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The Other Winners

We urge you to visit the Avenza site to take a look at the work of all the winners. The details and links to the winning map are located at http://www.avenza.com/MPcomp/2003. For the record, the winners were:

• Best Map Overall: Atlas of Namibia Team, Directorate Environment Affairs for Atlas of Namibia: A portrait of the land and its people.
• Best Special Purpose Map: Janis Turlajs, Gints Millins and Gvido Petersons, Jana Seta Map Publishers Ltd., for Pasaules Geografijas Atlants (World Geographic Atlas)â.
• Best Topographic Map: Charles Kitterman, Kulshan Cartographic Services for Mt. Rainier Climbing Guide.
• Best General Purpose Map: Hans Van der Maarel, eXQte for Wandkaart Apeldoornâ.
• Best Thematic Map: Atlas of Namibia Team, Directorate Environment Affairs for Atlas of Namibia: A portrait of the land and its peopleâ.
• Best Transportation Map: Steve Spindler, Steve Spindler Cartography for Greater Philadelphia Regional Bicycle MapS.
• Best Academic Map Individual: Jonathan Shadreck Gwaligwali, International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) for City of Blantyreâ.
• Best Multimedia Map: Sumiyo Giampietro, Gregg Faus, Hepp Maccoy

Conclusion

Congratulations to Avenza for hosting the competition and to all those who entered. Go look at all the winners now: http://www.avenza.com/MPcomp/2003.

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