Daniel Coe: “Science and art can make these really interesting images.”

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Olympia cartographer and graphics editor Daniel Coe on his journey from Alaska sea kayak guide to geomorphology storyteller, what you learn in an office (and family) full of geologists, getting laid off and traveling the world for a year, how the paths of ancient glaciers shaped his neighborhood, the hidden landscapes revealed by infrared laser pulses, and how a few minutes at work adjusting one color ramp seeded hundreds of beautiful river images. See his work at dancoecarto.com

• LIDAR visualizations of shifting streambeds
• Mount St. Helens—A Mountain Reborn
• How LIDAR works
• DOGAMI
• Washington Geological Survey
• 1:24k WA geology map by Coe
• Dee Molenaar
• Tau Rho Alpha
• National Natural Landmark Program
• Quick Terrain Modeler
• QGIS
• Heinrich Berann
• Marie Tharp
• Tom Patterson
• Maddy Grubb
• Marty Schnure
• Carl Churchill (see episode 12)
• ICA Mountain Cartography Workshop
• NACIS conference

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