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'I just love doing it': Meet the B.C. man winning international awards for his maps (www.cbc.ca)

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A few weekends ago, his Vancouver Island map won first place in the reference category at the CaGIS Map Design Competition, an international contest. In 2024, his Sea-to-Sky map won the same award as well as "best of show."

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[–] Aralakh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

This is really cool! As someone into design and who tried to get into GIS before realizing it wasn't for me, I didn't realize cartography was even still a "thing" -- let alone the creative and storytelling aspects.