Maps

Southcentral Alaska Topographic Map

This topographic map covers the entire Kenai Peninsula, and goes north to Talkeetna, East to Cordova, and West to Skwetna. This project is 3’x3′, so I cut it at the Anchorage Makerspace, which has a larger laser cutter that’s capable of cutting something this size.

Photographs of the finished product courtesy of Will Koeppen.

Map design

Each "contour" in the map is cut from a sheet of plywood. The layer above is etched on the layer below, so that everything lines up

Each "contour" in the map is cut from a sheet of plywood. The layer above is etched on the layer below, so that everything lines up

Each "contour" in the map is cut from a sheet of plywood. The layer above is etched on the layer below, so that everything lines up

Homer - detail

Homer, with roads, hydro, and glaciers. The ocean still needs to be painted.

Cooper Landing, Kenai Lake, and Moose Pass

Painting is still in progress, and the map needs to be mounted in its frame

Kachemak Bay (Homer) Alaska, Bathymetry Map

This project was created using the Kachemak Bay, Alaska 1/3 arc-second MHW Coastal Digital Elevation Model dataset from NOAA’s National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) for bathymetry, and The National Map’s Alaska 100 Meter Resolution Albers Projection dataset for elevation.

Tolovana Hot Springs (Fairbanks Alaska) Topographic Map

Tolovana Hot Springs are located in the Alaskan interior wilderness, and accessible by a 10 mile trail from the Elliot Highway. Topography came from The National Map DEM and trail data came from GPS data collected on a recent trip to the hot springs.