Mapping Solutions

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A carefully thought-out and well-designed map is a powerful tool. We are becoming an extremely visual society, and an increasing number of individuals and firms are using maps to analyze and illustrate spatial problems. Maps, from very simple to extremely complex, can be generated from detailed site visits to remotely-created models and graphics based on air photos and existing maps. Whether you need a 3-dimensional, a general reference or a thematic map for printed or other media, Mapping Solutions, with over twenty years of experience, can advise you on the most effective way to graphically represent your data.  

Custom maps and graphics can be created for:

  • courtroom analysis, display and presentation
  • environmental problem solving
  • event and facility management (universities, stadiums and other sports facilities, fairgrounds, festivals, race tracks)
  • transportation and parking planning (evacuation, shuttle and recycling routes)
  • sales and marketing areas
  • spatial analysis of data/GIS (environmental, planning, security)
  • museum display
  • intelligent signage and wayfinding
  • all types of publication sizes and formats including internet websites, animated presentations, QTVR, CD-ROM and other multimedia formats


Examples of recent projects:
(Please note that many of these maps were originally produced for print media and may not display optimally on computer screens.)

Maps for legal cases

  • American Trader Oil Spill, Newport, CA
  • Nickel v. California, Kern County, CA
  • APL Washington/Hanjin Hong Kong collision, Pusan, KOREA

Maps on environmental issues

  • Water quality maps, Moorea, French Polynesia
  • Contra Costa County Recycling Plans, Contra Costa County, CA

Maps of fairgrounds and festivals

  • Gilroy Garlic Festival, Gilroy, CA
  • Sonoma County Fair, Santa Rosa, CA
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, CA
  • Dixon May Fair, Dixon, CA

Maps of campuses

  • University of California, Berkeley, CA
  • University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
  • STAR Center, Dania Beach, FL
  • University of North Florida

Maps of stadiums

  • Memorial Stadium at UC, Berkeley, CA
  • Stanford Stadium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

Maps of racetracks

  • Sears Point Raceway, Vallejo, CA
  • Drag strip maps for NHRA National Dragster Fan Guide

Maps for publication

  • A History of Islamic Societies, Professor Ira M. Lapidus, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
  • Blues Across the Bay, Whitney Stewart, New York: Four Corners Publishing, 2001
  • Choctaws and Missionaries in Mississippi, 1818-1918, Clara Sue Kidwell, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995.
  • Classical Japanese Prose, Helen Craig McCullough (ed.), Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1990.
  • Economic Earthquakes, Patrick Lloyd Hatcher, Berkeley: University of California, Institute of Governmental Studies, 1994.
  • Jammin' on the Avenue, Whitney Stewart, New York: Four Corners Publishing, 2001 
  • Patterns of Migration in Southeast Asia, Robert R. Reed (ed.), Centers for South and Southeast Asia Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 1990.
  • The Suicide of an Elite: American Internationalists and Vietnam, Patrick Lloyd Hatcher, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1990.
  • The Freedom Trail Mystery, Nancy Speck, New York: Four Corners Publishing, 2001

Maps for faculty publications, presentations and classes

  • Antipodal latitudes of California and Chile
  • Hébrard's plan of Dalat, Vietnam, 1923
  • Worldwide diffusion of the Iglesia Ni Christo religion, 1963-1996
  • Geology of south central Orange County, New York

Location and management maps

  • Frog Hollow Farm, Brentwood, CA.
  • Kensington Park for the Outlook, Kensington, CA
  • Pier 32 Market, San Francisco, CA
  • Loan target areas for American Liberty Bank, Oakland, CA
  • West Contra Costa Unified School District boundaries, Contra Costa County, CA
  • School boundary maps for the Anchorage School District, Anchorage, AK
  • Anchorage School District facility and emergency egress maps, Anchorage, AK

Cartographic consultations

  • San Jose Children's Discovery Museum, San Jose, CA
  • The Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA

Contribution to the Geo-Images Project,Geography Dept.,UC Berkeley
The Geo-Images Project is a multi-media collection of images for teaching Geography, put together by a variety of UC Berkeley faculty and staff.


Principals: 
Cherie Northon, Ph.D.  cheries@mapmakers.com

Dr. Northon has been doing cartographic consultation since 1980. Over the last twenty years she has been involved in numerous cartographic projects in addition to teaching cartography and various mapping classes at UC Berkeley while running their cartography lab from 1987 to 1999. Following that, she moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where she taught cartography and GIS (Geographic Information Systems).  She has worked with other geographers, biologists, environmentalists, archaeologists, geologists, educators, museums, political scientists, historians, attorneys, farmers, planners, and government agencies. Some of her most recent projects include devising new school district boundaries, campus and facility mapping, waste management and recycling plans, seismic and fire evacuation schemes, transportation and shuttle routes, and maps that address water rights issues, land and resource use, pollution impact, wildlife density, and movement of peoples. 

Thomas Eley, Ph.D.  thom@mapmakers.com

Dr. Eley joined Mapping Solutions in 1997.  He is a geographer and wildlife biologist with 25 years of experience in resource management, transportation, and mapping.  His mapping focus has been on environmental and social impacts of oil development and spills, resource distribution and abundance, facilities management, sea ice and sea ice resources, water rights and waterway channelization, public health, and land and marine use analyses. 

All work is done on state-of-the-art computers using the latest mapping and graphic software including: Freehand, Geocart, ArcView, ArcGIS, MapInfo, ERDAS Imagine, and Photoshop. The value of digital mapping and graphics is that it encourages frequent updating and multiple uses which can be very cost-effective. Their excellent and effective teaching skills are also available for training sessions.