Terrain, maps, and more

This site started out as a resource for cartographers creating shaded relief, panoramas, land cover, and related raster art on maps. It has since grown to include my other cartographic interests and has become a repository for my maps, all of which are in the public domain.

I hope that you enjoy the site.

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Last update: June 9, 2025

Island Southeast Asia

The tropical seas, reefs, and islands of SE Asia, at the crossroads of the Indian and Pacific oceans, host the greatest marine biological diversity on Earth. Use this map to better understand the complex geography of this region.

Circumpolar North Physical Map

Explore the seas, islands, and frozen lands at the top of the world. The map includes Arctic Ocean bathymetry, land cover, shaded relief, rivers, lakes, and thousands of physical feature labels.

Tahiti and Mo‘orea

A 1:100,000-scale reference map showcasing terrain, bathymetry, reefs, and places of interest. The shaded relief, rendered in Eduard, derives from recent DEMs offering complete coverage of the precipitous interior mountains.

Physical Features of Africa

With 4,000+ labels, this wall map highlights the mountains, deserts, plateaus, rivers, and lakes of Africa, and adjacent areas in southwest Asia. It is based on the latest Natural Earth v. 6.0 data.

1958 Lituya Bay, Alaska, Megatsunami

A 3D perspective view offering geographic context to the catastrophic event that generated the highest wave ever recorded on Earth, measuring in at an astoundiing 524 meters/1,719 feet.

Free maps and data!

Shaded Relief