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	<title>the Art of Geography blog &#187; Maps</title>
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		<title>New variation of Forest Park map in beta test</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2011/04/02/new-variation-of-forest-park-map-in-beta-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;core&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland Bakery Map</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2011/03/25/portland-bakery-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This map of Portland bakeries was first unveiled in February 2011. It&#8217;s a bit of an experiment since no streets are labeled. In order to work on a letter size page, there&#8217;s not much room for street names. However the general neighborhood centers should be evident &#8212; for instance Alberta Street has a fabulous cluster [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Park Conservancy celebrates release of One City&#8217;s Wilderness 3rd edition</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/11/28/forest-park-conservancy-celebrates-release-of-one-citys-wilderness-3rd-edition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special evening celebrating the release of One City&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the updated and expanded One City&#8217;s Wilderness book</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/11/09/announcing-the-updated-and-expanded-one-citys-wilderness-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 02:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland Chocolate map updated</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/11/08/portland-chocolate-map-updated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s sad to have to remove Sahagun and See&#8217;s off the map as they are no longer there. The &#8220;chocolate map&#8221; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Availability of the Forest Park poster map delayed slightly</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/10/31/availability-of-the-forest-park-poster-map-delayed-slightly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/10/31/availability-of-the-forest-park-poster-map-delayed-slightly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m waiting for a shipment of a related product to come in&#8211;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.]]></description>
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		<title>More on the Forest Park poster map</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/08/03/more-on-the-forest-park-poster-map/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:01:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s how the beta version is shaping up. Both orientations would have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An updated Forest Park map will be available as a poster print</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/04/21/an-updated-forest-park-map-will-be-available-as-a-poster-print/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/04/21/an-updated-forest-park-map-will-be-available-as-a-poster-print/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The exact date is not clear yet, but I&#8217;m guessing it will be available around the end of summer 2010. It&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>maplesprang 30</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2010/03/15/maplesprang-30/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Experimenting with StudioArtist 4, Photoshop CS4.]]></description>
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		<title>Metro&#8217;s Walk There! guide maps wins top international awards</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2009/07/29/metros-walk-there-guide-maps-wins-top-international-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2009/07/29/metros-walk-there-guide-maps-wins-top-international-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forest Park map updated</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2008/10/22/forest-park-map-updated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2008/10/22/forest-park-map-updated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panel #1, the southern-most of the 4 panel mapset has been updated thanks to feedback from users of the map. Thank you S.H., J.R., E.S., and others who wrote in. http://www.artofgeography.com/maps/fp/]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing Walk There! 50 treks in and around Portland and Vancouver</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2008/06/25/introducing-walk-there-50-treks-in-and-around-portland-and-vancouver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2008/06/25/introducing-walk-there-50-treks-in-and-around-portland-and-vancouver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From www.oregonmetro.gov &#8220;Introducing Walk There! Metro&#8217;s new guide to great places to walk in the Portland-Vancouver area. The book will lead you on 50 explorations of newly acquired urban natural areas, scenic parks, historic neighborhoods and fascinating main streets. Detailed maps and route descriptions will help you discover the region&#8217;s rich history and varied landscapes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art of Geography project: maps for Portland Forest Hikes: Twenty Close-In Wilderness Walks</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2008/05/29/art-of-geography-project-maps-for-portland-forest-hikes-twenty-close-in-wilderness-walks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 02:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to announce the availability of a book by James Thayer titled &#8220;Portland Forest Hikes: Twenty Close-In Wilderness Walks&#8221;. Here are twenty wilderness hikes within twenty miles of downtown Portland, Oregon, less than a half hour&#8217;s ride from the city. Adventurers at all skill levels will be surprised by the remoteness and remarkable beauty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the new Forest Park map</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2008/03/02/announcing-the-new-forest-park-map/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2008/03/02/announcing-the-new-forest-park-map/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for the first trillium blossoms of spring, the Forest Park map is ready for general use. This map went through several months of development and a couple months of beta testing. The current version of the map is v615 &#8212; if you have an older version, make sure to download the latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How geosavvy is Mac OS X Leopard?</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/11/07/how-geosavvy-is-mac-os-x-leopard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/11/07/how-geosavvy-is-mac-os-x-leopard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 05:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Are you wondering what the photo georeferencing &#8220;feature&#8221; in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is like? Find a photo that has latitude and longitude already encoded in its EXIF metadata. Open it with the Preview Application, turn on the inspector, and voila, under the &#8220;More Info&#8221; tab you get the metadata above a small world [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Virtual Earth adds Birds-Eye View to 3D Globe</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/10/21/microsoft-virtual-earth-adds-birds-eye-view-to-3d-globe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/10/21/microsoft-virtual-earth-adds-birds-eye-view-to-3d-globe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Virtual Earth adds Birds-Eye View to 3D Globe: &#8220; We all somewhat guess this would be coming around and tonight Microsoft releases Birds-eye View for their 3D Globe. They&#8217;ve taken those great Birds-eye View images from the 2D maps and using Photosynth they stiched them all together to create a &#8216;3D World&#8217;. Now of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Useful is Tufte for Making Maps?</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/08/31/how-useful-is-tufte-for-making-maps/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/08/31/how-useful-is-tufte-for-making-maps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Krygier wrote &#8220;I sat down one day and made a list of Tufteisms from the book&#8221; &#8230; leading to &#8220;20 Tufteisms from The Visual Display of Quantitative Information&#8221; which he then distills down to six commandments. As someone who has three of Tufte&#8217;s books, this is quite interesting. Another aspect I liked in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the Portland districts map series</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/05/03/announcing-the-portland-districts-map-series/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/05/03/announcing-the-portland-districts-map-series/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 19:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I mentioned how there was one prototype of the glass San Francisco map that used the typeface Klavika, and while it wasn&#8217;t chosen for the final product, I was very curious how it would work for a city map. Well the answer can be seen in the Portland map series project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the glass map of San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/04/21/announcing-the-glass-map-of-san-francisco/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/04/21/announcing-the-glass-map-of-san-francisco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 15:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I meant to announce this some time ago when it was unveiled. I&#8217;ve gotten quite a few queries regarding aspects of this map, so I&#8217;m posting some more info about it. From across the lobby of the San Francisco Business District Hilton, the map looks like it is one giant sheet of glass, twelve feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nikolas Schiller</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/03/19/nikolas-schiller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikolas Schiller: Schiller barely pauses on the way to his computer, which he fires up to reveal hundreds of his map creations. They are places you know &#8212; the Mall, Adams Morgan, Georgetown, plus other U.S. cities and war-torn ones abroad. But the streetscapes &#8212; photographed from above at a resolution fine enough to just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Earth</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/02/16/flash-earth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flash Earth is an interesting variation on Google Maps and Google Earth. You can flip between eight different aerial photography and satellite views of the earth with the click of a button. Some of the views are not that different; two of them are Microsoft Virtual Earth, one with labels on, one with labels off. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flood Map Modernization Elevations Inadequate; New Map Using Lidar Proposed</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/02/08/flood-map-modernization-elevations-inadequate-new-map-using-lidar-proposed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/02/08/flood-map-modernization-elevations-inadequate-new-map-using-lidar-proposed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flood Map Modernization Elevations Inadequate; New Map Using Lidar Proposed: &#8220; The Flood Map Modernization program currently being undertaken by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has inadequate elevation information to map the shape of the land surface in three dimensions, a committee of the National Research Council reported. Such information is critical in determining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BitPass and Maps for Sale</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/01/19/bitpass-and-maps-for-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/01/19/bitpass-and-maps-for-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 23:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The practical impact of the BitPass announcement is that we will not be able to sell maps online anymore unless another similar payment system can be found. This news is certainly a surprise. Apologies to anyone who is inconvenienced.]]></description>
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		<title>BitPass is Discontinuing Service</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/01/19/bitpass-is-discontinuing-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/01/19/bitpass-is-discontinuing-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 22:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Received this from BitPass today: &#8220;We want to thank you for your past business, however due to circumstances beyond our control, we are discontinuing our operations. We have partnered with Digital River to provide operational support during the period prior to shut down. As of today, January 19, 2007, all Bitpass Buyers with US dollar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canvas X with GIS&#8230; a possible GIS toolbox for Illustrator users?</title>
		<link>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/01/13/canvas-x-with-gis-a-possible-gis-toolbox-for-illustrator-users/</link>
		<comments>http://www.artofgeography.com/weblog/2007/01/13/canvas-x-with-gis-a-possible-gis-toolbox-for-illustrator-users/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jan 2007 19:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erik</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maps]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I hadn&#8217;t heard that there was a special version of Canvas with GIS capabilities (or that Canvas is no longer a Deneba product): http://www.acdamerica.com/arcnews/default.html Does anyone know if this software allows you to import a set of vectors from Illustrator CS2 and geo-reference them? Then convert to another projection? Then export back to Illustrator? The [...]]]></description>
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