From Grizzlies to Geysers: Creating the Atlas of Yellowstone

1. Yellowstone National Park & University of Oregon From Grizzlies to Geysers:Creating the Atlas of Yellowstone Ann Rodman, Andrew Marcus, Jim Meacham, Alethea Steingisser, & Carrie Guiles

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

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 Physical Geography Landforms Cross-sections Geology Geothermal Activity Glaciation Climate Water Vegetation Fire History Wildlife Themes for all topics Variations Connections Human Imprint Importance

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.

5. The “connections” theme Yellowstone does not exist in isolation. What occurs in other places affects Yellowstone Yellowstone influences places far removed from the park boundaries.

6. The “human imprint” theme Grizzly bears The interplay of human and natural processes Cutthroat trout The unintentional consequences of human actions, and the subsequent efforts taken to address those consequences.

7. The importance of Yellowstone For inspiring conservation and preservation efforts locally and throughout the world.

8. The Atlas Concept – page pairs

9. Process – working with experts Map, graph, chart, or text? Make the story clear. What are the big stories? Is there data? Is the data accessible?

10. Process – capturing the stories Mockup Flip Chart list

11. Mock-up – Bison page 08/05

12. Draft 1 – Bison page 12/06

13. Draft 2 – Bison page 01/07

14. Draft 3 – Bison page 02/07

15. Draft 4 – Bison page 03/07

16. Draft 5 – Bison page 09/07

17. Process – Data Sources NOAA Thermal Springs of the US Database YELL Thermal Inventory High Resolution Thermal Imagery Geyser observations (historical and electronic) YELL Thermal Inventory Low Resolution Thermal Imagery USGS

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

19. Early Maps 1860 1871 - Hayden 1869 1872 1865 1870

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

21. American Indians

22. Glaciation

23. Rivers

24. 1988 Fires

25. Wildlife Distribution

26. New Reference Maps – 1:200K

27. New Reference Maps – 1:100K

28. Acknowledgements • Editorial team: • W. Andrew Marcus, Senior Editor • James E. Meacham, Cartographic Editor • Ann Rodman, Yellowstone Editor • Alethea Steingisser, Cartographic Production 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, Seed Funding provided by: Yellowstone Park Foundation, Canon USA, and University of Oregon