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The page where you can sign up for the beta test and thereby get the download location is at http://www.artofgeography.com/maps/fp/beta-test-mapset.html This new variation of my “core” Forest Park map which uses a different approach to showing the topography and ground cover, more like the style of map in the popular Walk There! book (I had [...]

This map of Portland bakeries was first unveiled in February 2011. It’s a bit of an experiment since no streets are labeled. In order to work on a letter size page, there’s not much room for street names. However the general neighborhood centers should be evident — for instance Alberta Street has a fabulous cluster [...]

A special evening celebrating the release of One City’s Wilderness by Marcy Houle. Join us for an evening of appreciation. To you, our donors, to the wonders of Forest Park, and to those who capture its spirit. Monday, November 29th, 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Northwest Natural: 220 NW 2nd Ave. Portland, Oregon 97209 Book [...]

One City’s Wilderness Portland’s Forest Park Third Edition Marcy Cottrell Houle Maps by Erik Goetze Situated in the rugged hills west of Portland, Oregon, Forest Park is one of the largest urban parks in the world and the only city wilderness park in the United States. The park is home to hundreds of native plants [...]

It’s sad to have to remove Sahagun and See’s off the map as they are no longer there. The “chocolate map” is a postcard map that I created Feb 12, 2007. I had noticed that there was practically a chocolate district spanning the Pearl and Downtown, and I thought it would be fun to propose [...]

I’m waiting for a shipment of a related product to come in–last word was in a week or two. This thumbnail shows how the layout has been refined since I first posted news of this poster map last April.

“The folks at Metro make it easy to go on urban treks with their indispensable “Walk There!” guide, which has 50 walks throughout the area, including a number that are so obscure that even residents might not know about them. The guide comes in a handy 4 1/2-by-6-inch size — perfect for sliding into the [...]

I am planning on making the Forest Park poster map available in both horizontal and vertical orientations. Sometimes the space you have for a poster is wider rather than tall and narrow. No guarantees a horizontal map would look like this thumbnail, but that’s how the beta version is shaping up. Both orientations would have [...]

The exact date is not clear yet, but I’m guessing it will be available around the end of summer 2010. It’s too early to nail down pricing, but since you will get a real physical product to hang on your wall, it will have to cover the cost of making it. The map has been [...]

A new painting copyright 2010 by erik goetze

Experimenting with StudioArtist 4, Photoshop CS4.

“Metro’s ever-popular Walk There! guide recently won several international awards at the annual Environment Systems Research Institute International User Conference held earlier this month in San Diego. The guide’s maps to great places to walk around the Portland-Vancouver area took home two top prizes, including a best overall win. The ESRI International User Conference, the [...]