User:Awmcphee

Hi, I'm Alex McPhee! I live in Val Marie, am the proud holder of a University of Alberta BSc, and am a professional cartographer (seriously, this is a real job that exists).

On-wiki, I specialize in Canadian graphics and geography. Check out my other work at awmcphee.ca.

High effort maps
I am proud to say that these two projects launched my career and I now work full-time in... staying at home all day and producing maps of Alberta and Saskatchewan.

Election cartograms
These are generated using a fairly simple Python script, made as my first programming project after graduation. (Harder than it sounds, as the only thing I learned in university was Matlab.) Arranging the grid squares to minimize distortion is an art, not a science.

Provincial thematic maps
I am currently trying to make as many good thematic maps as possible to illustrate the Canadian province articles.

DYK

 * Reindeer Station
 * Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples
 * Stoney Knoll First Nation

Other

 * Gwich'in Tribal Council
 * Peerless Trout First Nation
 * Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement
 * Cold Lake Metis Settlement
 * Marlboro Metis Settlement
 * Wolf Lake Metis Settlement
 * Land-use framework regions of Alberta
 * Rural Municipality of Glen McPherson No. 46
 * Sahtu Region
 * ʔejëre K’elnı Kuę́ 196I

Notes and subpages

 * User:Awmcphee/Land Cover - Instructions for replicating the colourimetry used on my land cover maps.
 * User:Awmcphee/Pushpin - Some thoughts on using the locator map template for community articles.
 * User:Awmcphee/Maplink - Testing Template:Maplink on some Alberta municipalities. (Verdict: It only works on the largest of the bunch, and then, not accurately.)