From Grizzlies to Geysers: Creating the Atlas of Yellowstone Ann
Rodman, Andrew Marcus, Jim Meacham, Alethea Steingisser, &
Carrie Guiles Yellowstone National Park & University of Oregon
Slide 2 The Atlas Concept The Atlas of Yellowstone will be a
comprehensive, authoritative reference. ~300 pages that are 9.5
wide by 13.5 tall, including: introductory materials topical
coverage the majority of the atlas 42 reference map pages index
Slide 3 The Atlas Concept - contents Human and Economic Geography
Yellowstone in the World Early Maps American Indians Archeology
Exploration History of the Park Managing the Park Early Tourism
Population Density and Growth Income and Education Economic
Activity Land Ownership Themes for all topics VariationsConnections
Human ImprintImportance Physical Geography Landforms Cross-sections
Geology Geothermal Activity Glaciation Climate Water Vegetation
Fire History Wildlife Slide 4 The variations theme The Yellowstone
environment is constantly changing over time scales ranging from
the geologic to the almost instantaneous and over spatial scales
ranging from the microscopic to the regional. Slide 5 The
connections theme Yellowstone does not exist in isolation.
Yellowstone influences places far removed from the park boundaries.
What occurs in other places affects Yellowstone Slide 6 The human
imprint theme The unintentional consequences of human actions, and
the subsequent efforts taken to address those consequences. The
interplay of human and natural processes Grizzly bears Cutthroat
trout Slide 7 The importance of Yellowstone For inspiring
conservation and preservation efforts locally and throughout the
world. Slide 8 The Atlas Concept page pairs Slide 9 Process working
with experts What are the big stories? Is there data? Is the data
accessible? Map, graph, chart, or text? Make the story clear. Slide
10 Process capturing the stories Flip Chart list Mockup Slide 11
Mock-up Bison page 08/05 Slide 12 Draft 1 Bison page 12/06 Slide 13
Draft 2 Bison page 01/07 Slide 14 Draft 3 Bison page 02/07 Slide 15
Draft 4 Bison page 03/07 Slide 16 Draft 5 Bison page 09/07 Slide 17
Process Data Sources NOAA Thermal Springs of the US Database YELL
Thermal Inventory Low Resolution Thermal Imagery High Resolution
Thermal Imagery Geyser observations (historical and electronic)
USGS Slide 18 Process Production workflow Gather Content/Data
Yellowstone, Universities Internet Publications Data Exploration
ArcGIS Map Design Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop Natural Scene
Designer Final map designs and page layout Adobe Illustrator Weekly
meetings and daily emails Slide 19 Early Maps 1860 1870 1869 1872
1865 1871 - Hayden Slide 20 Early Explorers First Euro-American
contact, 1806-1813 Journeys of a Trapper, 1835 1840 The Search for
Gold, 1863 1970 Exploration, 1860 1870 Surveys, 1871 - 1872 Slide
21 American Indians Slide 22 Glaciation Slide 23 Rivers Slide 24
1988 Fires Slide 25 Wildlife Distribution Slide 26 New Reference
Maps 1:200K Slide 27 New Reference Maps 1:100K Slide 28
Acknowledgements Contributions by: Many, many subject matter
experts and cartographic technicians Yellowstone National Park,
Allan Cartography, UO Department of Geography, UO InfoGraphics Lab,
Montana State University, MSU Big Sky Institute, University of
Wyoming, Editorial team: W. Andrew Marcus, Senior Editor James E.
Meacham, Cartographic Editor Ann Rodman, Yellowstone Editor Alethea
Steingisser, Cartographic Production Seed Funding provided by:
Yellowstone Park Foundation, Canon USA, and University of
Oregon
