Thoughts - Oeno Atoll Was My First
Oeno Atoll Was My First
Aah, yes! I remember my first time, like it was yesterday. I spent the evening searching for the right one and it appeared. Different shades of blue and cute little palm trees scattered about - a map of Oeno Atoll. This was before my purchase of Global Mapper and discovery of FREE Landsat mosaics. I was reminded of this first encounter - a map created by someone other than a professional cartographer. It was a map that looked good and was cartographically decent - my aspiration to create maps of islands crystallized that day. If Jean Pierre could do it, Mr Minton sure could. The rest is history - lots of EVS island maps later, loads of Thoughts, tons of Data, educational How To's and interesting Comparisons. And I'm still fired up, looking forward to summer vaction and making maps of interesting islands.
I can't help but think that my maps have been "the first" for many of my viewer. I'm hopeful that when they view that obscure island that they've Google searched and up pops EVS-Islands with not only a map or series of maps but also satellite imagery of the island as well - I hope they say "Wow! That's cool!" And after they study my maps for awhile that they get inspired to create their own unique library of maps to share with the world.
Enjoy!
Labels: EVS, Global Mapper, island, Jean Pierre Langer, Landsat, map, Oeno Atoll
