Map Design Competition Finalist Galleries

2024

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Thematic): Finding Zero by Matthew W. Chwastyk, National Geographic Magazine

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Thematic)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award): Urban Mobility in Greater London, England by Megan O'Brien, Centre of Geographic Sciences (COGS), Nova Scotia Community College

Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Thematic): Continental Quest: Monarch Migration by Matthew Chwastyk, Monica Serrano, Eve Constant, National Geographic Magazine

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Thematic)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Recreation/Travel): Monte Bianco by Remo Nardini, David Lambert, Eric Janota, Christopher Knoll, Alison DeGraff Ollivierre, National Geographic Maps; Maria Grazia Quaglia, geo4map, Camino de Santiago

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Recreation/Travel)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Professional Map Competition (Reference): The Essential Geography of the Sea to Sky by Jeff Clark, Clark Geomatics

Best of Show
Winner, Professional Map Competition (Reference)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award): Green Peaks, Magical Caves and Charming Water by Meixuan Li and Feiyang Nong, East China Normal University: Guilin Notes

Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Reference): Central Colorado Mountains by Will Robertson, Basin and Range Mapping

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Reference)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital): Ancient Practice, Future Promise by Kai'ili Kaulukukui, Rosemary P. Wardley, Eduardo Velez, Sakke Overlund, Eve Conant, Liz Sisk, Michael Fry, National Geographic Magazine

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (David Woodward Digital Map Award): United States of Rising Hazards by Atlas (Chenxiao) Guo, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (David Woodward Digital Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award): Coconino County, Arizona Outdoor Recreation by Ted Docev, Virginia Tech Geography Department

Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award): Suzhou's Story: A Narrative Tourism Atlas by Suzhou's Story: A Narrative Tourism Atlas

Winner, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award): Scatter-Hoarding Birds of Los Angeles County by Madison Penn Elowitt, California State University, Northridge

Honorable Mention, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Other): Hurricane Helene: A look at a complex future of disaster recovery by Jen Urso, Steady Hand Maps

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Other)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Student Map Competition (David Woodward Digital Map Award): Montpelier Flood Alert 2024 by Montpelier Flood Alert 2024

Winner, Student Map Competition (David Woodward Digital Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award): Wien 360 (Vienna 360) by Juliette Bricker, University of Twente

Winner, Student Map Competition (Arthur Robinson Print Map Award)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital): Into the Amazon by Matthew Chwastyk, National Geographic Magazine

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Professional Map Competition (Recreation/Travel): San Rafael Swell: Utah's Wild Playground by Brandon Plewe, Brigham Young University

Winner, Professional Map Competition (Recreation/Travel)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Reference): The Flats: Warren, Ohio by Jennifer Mapes, Nathan Abdoo, Martin Chapman, Laila Forrest, Bobbie Foutty, Dwayne Gullatte, Elizabeth May, Ryan Prizzi, Margaret Radachy, Dakota Sherry, Justin Swanberg, Kent State University

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Reference)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Professional Map Competition (Other): Boston Marathon by Aaron Koelker, Aaron Koelker

Winner, Professional Map Competition (Other)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital): Envisioning Seneca Village by Gergely Baics, Meredith Linn, Leah Meisterlin, Myles Zhang, History Department, Barnard College

Winner, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Winner, Professional Map Competition (Thematic): Total Eclipse by Kenneth Field, Esri

Winner, Professional Map Competition (Thematic)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Thematic): How Shifting Currents are Warming the Gulf: Degrees of Change by Soren Walljasper, National Geographic Magazine

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Thematic)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital): Mapping the eclipse: A journey through darkness by Cooper Thomas, Ashley Du, David Asbury, Esri

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Interactive/Digital)

2025 CaGIS Map Design Competition, Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Reference): Map for Drilling on the Edge article by Monica Hersher, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Honorable Mention, Professional Map Competition (Reference)

2023

NorthSeaEmissions

MohawkLandDispossession

MysteryLockedinIce

MooreFarmsBotanical

SpainsMuslimEra

AtlasofWildAmerica

Olympus Provincial Park

BubblingFromBelow

SanPabloAvenue

NativeEndangeredPlantObs

EarthTransit

JourneyToTheWest_ExpLitMap

PennOutdoorRecLizardMap

ProtectGreatDismalSwamp

ForestCarbonoftheUSA

HumanityMapOfTinglin

WhereElephantsRoam

DeathValleyDayHikes

TienShan

AngolanHighlandsWater

SpiritsofScotland

HeartoftheTetonRange

2022

Concise Atlas of the World, 5th Ed.

Dance with Whales

Removals (left)

Around the World

Atlas of Yellowstone, 2nd Ed.

Chicago’s Wily Coyotes

Bonneville Shoreline Trail: 2022 Status

Great Marsh

The First Nations of Australia

The World’s Forest: Decades of Loss and Change

North Berkshire Trails

Gardeners of Gabon

Big Bend National Park Day Hikes

A Mighty Blast

Moab Greater Region

Travel Map of the World

Downtown Moline

Visualizing Historical Hurricanes in Contiguous United States (1851 – 2021)

The Essential Geography of the Salish Sea

Stargazer’s Atlas: The Ultimate Guide to the Night Sky

Sky-High Archipelago

A Summit in the Deadliest Season

Alex McPhee’s Saskatchewan

Michigan - Largest Contiguous Ecosystem Patches & Their Protected Areas

Removals (right)

2021

NatGeo_Wind River North_Page_1

NatGeo_Free Flowing Rivers

Wang_Digital Image of AtlasOfShanghai

NatGeo_Gladiators_Map

Steinberg_sliversofanacientforest_CaGIS

NatGeo_Dynamic Solar System

Jiang_370_final_project

NatGeo_Serengeti-1

NatGeo_Siachen Glacier_Page_1

NatGeo_Mars maps 12.21_Page_1

DiMatteo_SWOT16+LO+Map_Page_1

Rousseau_Warner_Wetlands_Kiosk_Image

Huffman_ContinentalDivides-detail

Karlstrom_Volcanoes_of_the_Cascades

Huffman_Upstate

NatGeo_Planet_Ocean_Page_1

Blanco_Population_cartogram

Engle_SoFL_Activities_med

Chen_FlatheadNF

Tang_Digital Image of Atlas of Urban Public Safety in Coastal Cities of BRICS Countries

Chiu_Huntington Desert Garden Collection_100dpi

Liu_Road_Trip_in_Iceland

NatGeo_Great Basin_Page_1

Atwood_GSM_Atlas

Huffman_Ancestral Branches

Sherman_Road Trip - CaGIS Submittal_Page_1

2020

Progression of the Cult of Asclepius Across the Mediterranean, 500 BCE - 200 CE [Kegelman]

Isle Royale Myrmel Map 3.4.2020 1

GlacialCrown

DogWalkingDuringCOVID_NACIS

VictoriaTopoMap_KevinChen300

WeatherbeeThematic_Halifax_Streetcars

Atlas of Chongming Eco-Island

David Glassett_PV Maps_Moto-Recon Chesapeake Bay Road Tour map_CaGIS_Page1

Asias Vital RIvers

Loyalsock_2020_v36 east

The mark of humanity_Page1

Labels Draft Six

FourC_SPLIT_UT-AZ._2020.0124_CS6

Goetz_Final_Project

BrownCountySP_front

The World-Comprehensive map of the worlda

OurayHikingTrails 2020 Map(downsized to 12x9)

Shakled and Uprooted

NGPCV2_Family Reference Atlas 5th Ed

Draft 2020-02-07

Redstone_YukonAtlasOverview

San Juan, WA

2019

19.02 The High Price of Living High Tech NatGeo_thumb

19.06 The Pacific's Fiery Ring NatGeo_Page_2_thumb

Moon Supplement-International [P];23 copy.indd

19.09 Last Summer Ice Package NatGeo_Page_1_thumb

19.12 Contested Heritage NatGeo_Page_3_thumb

Goodwin_Bitterroot_FINAL

Loch Ness (one piece) w title block_300_thumb

McNair_MS_River300_thumb

Ohiopyle prepress v1 fucker

Teton Fault Map CaGIS_600_thumb

Zuberbuehler_Vancouver600_thumb

Atlas_NationalParks_cover

000 Hard Casse_FRONT COVER ONLY.indd

2018

Birds_NGS

plastic_NGS-1024x537

NGS_AmericanTapestry-1024x293

Nelson_TornadoMigration

Nelson_RiversOfPlastic-1024x495

WildMigrations_cover

SpaceAtlas

iitf_gtr_47_eng_highres_Page_01

WWII

Field_CartographyBookCover

insidepassage-06-12-18

LoRes-ClarkGeomatics-Banff-MapSheet-20180120-AoD

jotr-coverpage-brdr_1_orig

colonial_pursuits

NA_Crude_Map_Mason-1024x693

RTM-VA-09

Ollivierre-Calypso-Cartography-1024x663

LabelingCC

EllieMilligan1

HalifaxHarbour_NauticalChart

Map_EastAsiansUSA_NebojsaStulic_Student_2018_CaGIS-1024x663

Where_the_War_Rages

EllieMilligan2

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