October 21, 2015 - mapformation formally approved as a Matterport Service Partner (MSP) mapformation was recently, formally approved as a Matterport Service Partner, giving our firm access to a number of additional resources that will help us to better serve our clients going forward. Along with having Matterport staff aid in our efforts to market our immersive walk-through and 3D floor diagram services to additional prospective clients in the future.
We are excited to h - more
March 27, 2014 - mapformation, LLC unveils WeNeedaMap.com 2014 Campus Map Contest After years of "quietly" giving back to several needy non-profit organizations around the planet, via free map illustration services, we thought we would try and more-formally organize our charitable efforts in 2014. So mapformation is proud to announce our 2014 Campus Mapping Contest!
Any private K-12 school, or public/private college or university campus who either does not currently have a campus map, or has a very outda - more
March 20, 2014 - mapformation CEO Derek Tonn presents Electronic Image Optimization workshop at NCMPR annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana mapformation Founder and CEO Derek Tonn recently presented a workshop entitled "Every Bit (and Byte) Counts: Tips for Optimizing Electronic Imagery" to a group of approximately 50-55 individuals as a part of the National Council for Marketing & Public Relations in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. A 75-minute session, a var - more
November 4, 2013 - Alex Shapiro added as Sales Associate at mapformation, LLC mapformation has recently added another very talented individual to our team. Alex Shapiro, who will be helping us related to sales activities inside of higher education, as well as other for-profit and non-profit industries, comes to us from Spartanburg, South Carolina (USA). Barely on the job a couple weeks, Alex is already extremely close to securin - more
October 18, 2013 - mapformation CEO Derek Tonn to present electronic image optimization workshop at 2014 NCMPR annual conference mapformation Founder and CEO Derek Tonn will be making an encore presentation of his "Every Bit (and Byte) Counts: Tips for Optimizing Electronic Imagery" workshop at the 2014 National Council of Marketing and Public Relations - more
October 15, 2013 - mapformation CEO Derek Tonn presents electronic image optimization workshop at UCDA annual conference mapformation Founder and CEO Derek Tonn recently presented a workshop entitled "Every Bit (and Byte) Counts: Tips for Optimizing Electronic Imagery" to a group of approximately 40 individuals as a part of the 43rd Annual UCDA Design Conference in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. A 75-minute session, a variety of techniques for optimizing .pn - more
October 11, 2013 - mapformation CEO Derek Tonn presents as part of a panel at NACIS annual meeting mapformation Founder and CEO Derek Tonn was one of five small business owners who shared their ideas and expertise as a part of a Small Cartography Shop Round Table session at the North American Cartographic Information Society annual conference in Greenville, South Carolina. Other business owners included Hans Van Der Maarel (more
July 31, 2011 - Artist Jean-Louis Rheault Featured in Newspaper Article A nice newspaper article touting the map illustration that mapformation, LLC designer Jean-Louis Rheault produced in Vernon, British Columbia (Canada). - more
July 8, 2011 - mapformation, LLC and Access Dubai to collaborate in the GCC mapformation, LLC and Access Dubai, a full-service firm headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, which specializes in middle-market transactions (companies with a transaction value between $1 million and $50 million), have agreed to work with one another to develop and market custom cartography solutions throughout the Gulf Cooperation Counci - more
July 5, 2011 - Review: “Walt Disney World Pro” From TimeStream Software Check out this review of a recent app that was released by TimeStream Software (a client of mapformation), using four 2D perspective (planimetric) vector maps designed by our firm. - more
March 10, 2011 - nuCloud and mapformation Partner to Provide an End-to-End Interactive Mapping Solution Boston, MA – nuCloud and mapformation, LLC have come together to form a strategic partnership that allows the two companies to offer a complete web map solution.
mapformation is one of North America’s largest custom cartography firms with particular expertise in serving higher education, while nuCloud specializes in allowing campuses to provide an interactive experience from a campus ma - more
September 1, 2010 - “Running a Small Cartographic Business” Co-authored by Derek Tonn, mapformation CEO The article, Running a Small Cartographic Business, which was co-written with Hans van der Maarel (Red Geographics), gives cartographers advice on whether to consider opening their own small cartography firms (freelance or small businesses) and/or align with other cartographers to form larger organizatio - moreSeptember 20, 2009 - mapformation CEO Derek Tonn Presents Wayfinding Styles Workshop at UCDA Regional Conference Learn how people find their way and incorporate it into your mapping resources from this Wayfinding Styles Workshop presented by Derek at a UCDA Regional Conference. - more
June 3, 2008 - Why Can’t We Walk in a Straight Line When Blindfolded?
Here’s a very interesting video from NPR posted on CartoTalk by Adam Wilbert related to human tendencies and wayfinding. Thanks for sharing, Adam! - more
May 2, 2008 - Designer Michael Karpovage Completes Volunteer Mapping Project for the Seneca Depot Conservation Alliance mapformation designer Michael Karpovage, a resident of the Finger Lakes region of New York, recently took it upon himself to volunteer time to develop a map of the Seneca Army Depot. Finished artwork was delivered in March 2008.
The formed Seneca Depot Conservation Alliance (SDCA) in Seneca County, New York, has emerged in the Finger Lake landscape - moreSeptember 2, 2006 - mapformation Campus Maps Featured in Cartographic Perspectives Several mapformation campus maps were featured in the Fall 2006 edition of Cartographic Perspectives (a journal of the North American Cartographic Information Society). - more
September 1, 2006 - mapformation Participates in 2006 NACIS Map-Off Competition The Map-off has become the annual kick-off event for the NACIS (North American Cartographic Information Society) conference. The format varies each year, but in general involves a number of volunteer cartographers taking on the same mapping assignment from the same data set during a limited time period before the conference. The maps are then presented anonymously at the Map-off for peer critique, either a judging panel or the audience. The carto - more
