The official press release for the Atlas can be found at:

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/census_2000/011433.html

International Mapping worked with the Census Bureau for five years to produce this 300+ page atlas. Our role included production of over 1200 draft maps, more than 750 of made the cut for the final atlas. In addition, designers at International Mapping played a major role in the layout and production of the atlas pages and the final book product. This included careful quality control at the press and bindery facilities.

The U.S. Census Bureau has published its first major atlas in over 70 years. International Mapping worked closely with the Census Bureau and created over 750 maps and charts as well as assisting with atlas design and production. The Census Atlas of the United States covers topics ranging from general population to language to housing. It includes informational text , maps and charts on thirteen topics: population, race and ethnicity, age and sex, living arrangements, place of birth and citizenship, migration, language, ancestry, education, work, military service, income and housing.

From the forword by Charles Kincannon, Director of the Census Bureau, “The Census Atlas of the United States is an invitation to spend several hours considering the characteristics of our country. These maps do not merely offer graphic representations of facts and data. They reveal the relationships among our nation’s people and the states, cities, and counties where they have chosen to live. In short, the book tells the story of our nation—its past, present, and future.”

The Atlas is available from GPO and retailers. 303 pages, $165.

In January 2007, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) published its all new Street and Transit Map with cartography and design by International Mapping. Working from GIS databases provided by the District government, International Mapping cartographers created a detailed map of streets for the District of Columbia. Additional maps show bus and subway routes, bicycle routes, taxi zones, and evacuation routes.
The new map (available in PDF format from the DDOT website, here) has a clean, clear design and contains the latest information for streets and other features.

Throughout the month of December, a team of cartographers from International Mapping assisted the Government of Guyana and their legal Counsel in preparing and presenting maps and related graphics before an ITLOS Tribunal convened in Washington DC. The hearings represented the culmination of more than two years of mapping work concerning their maritime boundary dispute between Guyana and neighboring Suriname.

In 2000 Suriname’s navy confronted a Guyanese oil licensee forcing them to shut down exploratory drill operations in the disputed maritime area. In response to Suriname’s military action Guyana brought their maritime boundary dispute with Suriname to arbitration under Article 287 and Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

As part of the legal team assisting Guyana, our role was to supply custom digital mapping services for all phases of the case. The oral hearing phase utilized many of the print maps that we prepared for the written pleadings, but in an animated format where information was layered onto the base map as the speaker was describing it. This layering of information greatly helps the retention of information with complex data sets.

The Guayana/Suriname hearing marked the fourteenth international litigation in which our cartographers have assisted a foreign government in defining the limits to their sovereignty over land or maritime areas.

International Mapping completed production on the ABC-CLIO Military History Series. The series is comprises over 500 maps and covers all American military battles from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Initially, the maps are being used for on-screen display in the form of interactive computer lessons. They have also been repurposed as black and white maps for study guides and eventually for textbooks as well.

Cartographers at International Mapping worked closely with editors at ABC-CLIO to research and prepare each of the maps. Detailed sources for historical content ensured that each map contained accurate data and careful design ensured a clear and attractive map presentation.