About the Atlas

The Atlas of Maps to Wineries of the Southern Willamette Valley got its start in Professor Bill Loy's Cartographic Methods class in 1994. Bill saw the importance of allowing student cartographers the opportunity to work on real-world projects that result in useful products. Students produced maps using manual techniques for single-ink print or photocopy reproduction. Students were introduced to the concepts of map compilation, design, and production. During winter term of this year I carried on Bill Loy's tradition of public service cartography and developed a plan to create a Web-based atlas of maps to wineries as the class project for the Advanced Cartography class. This project served as a vehicle to teach map design, production, and publishing issues encountered in this new medium of distribution, the World Wide Web. Enjoy touring the maps and of course the wineries.

 

Jim Meacham

March 28, 1997

Student Cartographers

Seth Bergeson,Yarrow Boye, Marlene Bray, Skye Brigner, Matt Freeman, Anne Hillyer, John Irish, Aranzazu Lascurain, Dana Magliari, Justin Mason, Masao Matsuoka, Lisa Mody, Ben Rafferty, Kathryn Rorrer, Hiromi Tabei, Tiffany Weber, Joan Wozniak, and Jason Younker.

 

Instructor and Staff

Jim Meacham, Instructor and Project Director

Andrea Soule, Lab Assistant and Student Cartography Advisor

Larry Hill, Project Webmaster

Tom Kochevar, Lab Assistant

Bill Loy, Advisor

 

Computer Facilities

Social Science Instructional Lab

InfoGraphics Lab, Geography Department