Custom Cartographic Companies

1-World Globes & Maps is an online retailer and fabricator specializing in high-quality printed maps and large-format map murals for schools, homes, and businesses. Our online store, WorldMapsOnline.com, offers thousands of map titles, many from our own publishing division, Academia Maps®, which has become a leading supplier to the education sector in the United States. Our cartographic and design services give our customers the opportunity to fully customize any of our products. Our long list of satisfied customers includes many individual map lovers, school districts, interior designers, non-profit organizations, businesses, and government agencies.

• https://www.worldmapsonline.com/
• 101 S Brandon St, Seattle, Washington, United States
• 877-884-2402
• Full-Time, 1 employee

Adirondack Research is a full-service GIS and environmental research firm producing maps and graphics for local, state and federal agencies. Our experienced staff will work with you to create professional mapping products that are scientifically rigorous and professionally presented. We believe that maps need to look good to most effectively serve their purpose, so we combine graphic design and science to create beautiful map products that communicate information and excite people. Services we offer include creating web-mapping applications, research and report maps, interpretive displays and kiosks, print and digital map materials, as well as performing remote sensing and modeling.

Green Goat Maps, our partner company, combines our passions for the environment and cartography to create a line of high-quality recreational maps that promote environmental stewardship. Website: greengoatmaps.com

Adventure Cycling Association’s mission is to inspire and empower people to travel by bicycle. One of the ways we do this is to produce route maps for both road bike and mountain bike touring. The Routes & Mapping Department has published over 45,000 miles of mapped routes and is continually adding to and updating our Adventure Cycling Bicycle Route Network.

We are not currently accepting new work.

Axis Maps is custom cartography for the digital age. We are recognized experts in both the traditions of cartography and the innovations of interactive media receiving numerous national awards for our pioneering work. Our strong foundation in the principles of design, our experiences working with a wide range of clients, and our insights from the latest cartographic research and usability testing allows us to build custom mapping products of the highest quality. We started in Madison WI and have expanded to include Boston MA, Monterey CA, Wiltshire UK, and Waco Texas.

Benchmark Maps’ cartographers have been building outstanding, award-winning maps for the past several decades. We are a small company, located in beautiful southern Oregon. Our staff of cartographers take pride in their credentials and skills in working to create some of the finest maps of the day.
The cartographers are perhaps known best for working on Raven maps and Benchmark Road and Recreation atlases of western states. We also build maps for a number of government agencies, energy companies, and a diverse client list which includes architects, city planners, book publishers, 3D model makers, and–a fine compliment–other cartographers.

Based in Melbourne, Australia, Bespoke Maps & Data can provide cartographic products and spatial services for your next project. From art pieces to development applications, we can help create a product that best suits your needs.

Specialising in cartographic visualisation, with experience in both print and web-mapping. Also available for research projects or charity work in fields of health and human geography.

Cairn Cartographics is based in Missoula, Montana and produces high-quality recreation maps and posters. We also make custom maps for kiosks, brochures, and events. We specialize in data collection and processing in remote areas. Contact us for your next project.

I’m Aaron Taveras, the owner of Cartografix, an independent geospatial company based in Reno, Nevada. Since 2012 I’ve been designing and producing high-quality custom print and interactive maps for nearly every industry and application, from outdoor guidebooks and company reports to academic journals. I have worked in all levels of government, coordinated multi-agency assignments, and designed maps for non-profits and private companies of all sizes. At my core, I’m a geographer, using this unique lens to understand space, place, and human-environment interactions. As a geospatial professional, I try to apply my passion for geography, designing solutions and creating graphics that help people understand our world and make better decisions. I’m always looking for interesting and exciting new work. If you have a project in mind, send me an e-mail and we can schedule a short Zoom call to get the ball rolling.

Cartographic Consultants provides geographic research, map compilation and design specializing in map editing for the educational market. We have an extensive library of reference sources and experience with publishers in designing curriculum materials and providing editorial direction.

Specialized in the development of interactive web maps

Chicago CartoGraphics is a design firm specializing in well-designed maps for publication; clients range from book publishers to real estate developers to transit agencies.

Clark Geomatics Corporation (CGC), an award-winning map design firm, was established in 2001 as a provider of location-based services. Our goal is simple: Make the best maps possible.

We offer an extensive range of cartographic and geographic information (location analytics) services. Our experience in cartographic design and geographic information technology allows us to undertake mapping projects in a wide range of industries. We work closely with our clients to develop custom cartographic solutions for their mapping needs – no matter how simple or complex.

Columbus Cartography creates handmade, antique-looking maps with modern geography using traditional intaglio printmaking techniques. Our wall-art style maps are hand-designed and etched into copper plates, then printed and watercolored on custom-made paper. Our maps are originals. They’re not replications of antique maps, but we do try to incorporate similar styles of previous time periods. We focus on visualizing the modern places, natural landscapes, and historical influences across the world. Custom orders are absolutely welcome.

I’m an enthusiastic and creative freelance cartographer who works with a wide variety of clients, from global companies to local artists. I love obsessing over typography and aesthetic details, and am very quality-oriented. I have handled small, one-off projects for manuscripts, as well as ongoing map series for major publications. I also have experience with editing, book layout, and self-publishing.

Erin Greb Cartography specializes in designing custom maps for print publications. Clients include travel guide publishers, university presses, and publishers of recreational maps.

Experienced, deadline-honed cartographer and full service graphics editor. I’m all about thematic and reference cartography, remote sensing, explanatory graphics and old-school reporting; I chase data so you don’t have to. Past clients include National Geographic, Bloomberg Businessweek, TakePart Media, Martha Stewart Living and more. If you have a complex topic to distill or need a useful and gorgeous map, visit my site to see what I can do for you!

Geocentric delivers high quality custom interactive maps for responsive websites. Our clients include destination districts, events, and campuses. For clients with changing data needs, our unique Citylight® Software enables clients to update location-aware content in real time.

Offering sensible, accurate, and cutting edge geo-spatial solutions, as well as great looking maps for any occasion.

Geographic Techniques is committed to volunteering our mapping services to non-profits, small businesses, individuals, and community based organizations.

Over 20 years of experience in digital map production for both web and print, based on a solid foundation of traditional cartographic experience from topographic mapping for government organizations to reference and thematic mapping for the publishing industry.

Expertise in the development and production of maps in a wide range of fields such as:
reference
thematic
historical
topographic and recreational
travel and location

INCase, LLC is an editorial and design group with a specialty in maps. With 25 years experience making maps, designing publications, and writing and editing text for a wide variety of clients, our goal is to “make sense” out of confusing topics and geographies. Cartographically, we specialize in maps of places: large-scale representations of urban centers, neighborhoods, campuses, historic areas, parks, etc. We make maps that reinforce and inform people’s connection to the places they are. We also generally love research and design challenges, both historical and present-day, and delight in making underlying geodata accessible and comprehensible.

International Mapping Associates provides custom mapping and geographic consulting services for government and commercial clients. We have complete research, design and production capabilities to create maps, 3D Landscapes, and information graphics for static and dynamic media. We also specialize in geographic boundary research and analysis.

I’m a Chicago-based cartographer, geographer, and artist. I specialize in guide maps, navigational maps, thematic maps for scholarly publications, and large-format hand-drawn maps. I enjoy working with clients to provide unique and striking custom maps to suit their needs.

Julie Witmer Custom Map Design creates clear, concise, appealing maps for print or digital distribution. I work with you to make the maps you want.

Clients include book and magazine publishers, mobile app developers, tour companies, real estate developers, municipalities, NGOs, digital marketing companies, and self-publishers.

The roots of Kroll Map Company date back to the 1880’s with the founding of the Anderson Map Company, which Carl Kroll purchased in 1911.  Kroll specializes in mapping for business, government and real estate, and through the years has also created custom cartography for a multitude of uses and publications.  Kroll also offers a wide variety of existing cartography which can be customized efficiently for specialized needs.

Our sister store, Metsker Maps of Seattle has been located in downtown Seattle for 70 years and offers a vast inventory of cartographic publications.  Metsker is located in the heart of the well-known Pike Place Market in Seattle.

Metsker Maps of Seattle
1511 First Avenue
Seattle, WA   98101
(800) 727-4430
Metskers.com

Founded in 1993, Land Info is a leading provider of worldwide digital topographic map and nautical chart data (DRGs, DEMs & vector layers), high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery (Pléiades-1A/1B, WorldView-2, GeoEye-1, WorldView-1, QuickBird & IKONOS) and medium-resolution satellite imagery (SPOT 1 – 6, RapidEye, ALOS, ASTER, Deimos & Landsat.) We also improve imagery via a range of processing services (orthorectification, pan-sharpening, tonal balancing, mosaic output and wavelet compression). A pioneer in the use of Object Based Image Analysis and other cutting-edge technologies, Land Info creates a number of value-added/derivative map data layers from imagery such as vector features (roads, buildings and hydrology), land-use/land-cover, vegetation, impervious surface mapping & DEMs/contours. The company is an Authorized Distribution Partner with both leading commercial high-resolution imaging satellite operators (DigitalGlobe & Airbus) and maintains one of the world’s largest commercial archives of digital topographic map data (currently 237 countries).

For over 30 years, Mapping Solutions has produced conventional and GIS maps, graphics, and imagery as powerful tools that can greatly enhance projects, reports, publications, and presentations. Mapping Solutions products have been used for modeling, analyzing, and displaying spatial data and information that are critical for problem solving, decision making, and management. Their work has taken them through most of the world s oceans from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, across the Pacific and Atlantic, around the Pacific Rim and Caribbean, into the Arctic and Antarctic, to East and Southeast Asia, and throughout the Mediterranean
Mapping Solutions can create custom maps and graphics for legal analysis and courtroom display, environmental assessment and problem solving, spatial analysis of various data, event and facility management, transportation and parking planning, sales and marketing analysis, museum and exhibit display, intelligent signage and way-finding, book and report publication, and multi-lingual needs. Besides creating custom maps, they teach cartography, map reading, GIS, and GPS; research and provide analytical reports on a variety of issues; produce multimedia presentations on diverse topics, lecture on a multitude of subjects, author and publish in many venues, develop curriculum in GIS, GPS and mapping, use photography for documentation of environmental and cultural change, and consult with clients about mapping, GIS, and other needs.

Established in 1984, Mapping Specialists offers a broad range of cartographic services, and is an industry leader in accuracy, quality, and client service. Our location in the Madison area, a highly-regarded center for cartographic education, allows us to draw on a well-educated workforce and extensive research resources. Our cartographers create high-quality maps for trade books, travel guides, pre-school through college textbooks (print and interactive), federal, state, and local government publications. If your story can be told visually, we can help.

Mapping Specialists operates on a work-for-hire basis, which gives you the greatest long-term flexibility and best value. You own the files we produce, so you can update them to accommodate thematic or geographic changes. By working closely with you to achieve your project goals, Mapping Specialists effectively becomes part of your team. We can take your project from initial concept through the design process, and deliver everything you require to produce your final map product on time, within budget, and formatted for your needs.

The highly-skilled Mapping Specialists staff creates maps for clients throughout the United States and abroad, using our wide expertise in cartography, GIS, geography, history, art, and design. From maps and graphs for textbooks to detailed spatial analysis to street guides and everything in between, we can meet all of your custom cartographic needs. We use Adobe Creative Cloud®, MAPublisher®, ArcGIS Pro®, as well as other design, 3D, open-source, and mapping software to convey your visual story.

We always strive to give you the highest quality and best service possible. Whether you have one map or a thousand, our staff is well-equipped to provide you with exactly what you need, when you need it. We look forward to working with you on your next mapping project, and to becoming part of your production team.

Mapthematics: Map projection design and consultation; small-scale base maps on exotic or custom projections; transforming maps from one projection to another.

Maptian is a mapping and data visualization studio. We create simple solutions to complex problems.

A custom cartography company since 2009,  we have over 20 years experience in creating both print and web-based maps in the following markets: educational publishing, recreation & tourism, real estate. We also create street maps, campus diagrams, statistical graphics, business geographics, and maps for specialty publications (books, journals, magazines). We thrive on creating a custom design for our clients, focusing on clarity, correctness, and readability. 

Molly O’Halloran is an independent cartographer and artist known for hand-drawn and painted maps and illustrations. She specializes in maps for books, signage, campuses, conservation efforts, and private collections. Her clients include The Washington Post, Trust for Public Land, University of Texas Press, Random House, Oxford University Press, and Concord Academy. Molly also welcomes art commissions, academic inquiries, and collaborations.

• Texas, United States
• Full-Time, 1 employee

Pacha cartographie is a mapping company created in 2013 by Guillaume Sciaux, an independent geomatician mapping engineer.
The most recent tools and methods of cartographic analysis are used to meet your needs for geographic data representation: anamorphoses, dynamic maps, digital terrain models, relief modeling, satellite imagery analysis.
Pacha cartographie offers mapping and geomatics services that combine quality, professionalism and speed. Whether you are a local authority, a consulting firm, a publishing house, an association or even an individual, we can provide you with thematic maps, geomatics analyzes, background maps …
Do not hesitate to contact us so that we can discuss your mapping project !

Pisgah Map Company has been mapping outdoor recreation and conservation in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (and beyond) since 2009. Based in Asheville, North Carolina, we partner with land managers, nonprofits, and advocacy groups to produce trail guides, GIS analyses, and custom cartography focused on enjoying and stewarding the places we love.

Michael Hermann is an award-winning cartographer with a diverse background designing recreational maps, street maps, campus maps, signage and wayfinding, interpretive media, information design, historic atlas design, and educational cartography. Michael is a former corporate and academic cartographer who currently focuses on his own firm, Purple Lizard Maps, which he founded in 1997. Purple Lizard designs and publishes recreational maps. Michael is a past-President and former board member of NACIS.

Red Geographics operates in the fields of GIS (Geographic Information Systems), geographical data, Spatial ETL, 3D visualisation and digital cartography, offering consultancy and training, performing data translation and transformation services as well as creating both 2D and 3D maps and visualisations. Our goal is to help our clients optimize the way they work with geographical data and information, thereby increasing gains from using this information. In addition to these services, we are also a distributor of several software products aimed at the GIS/Cartography market, such as FME, MAPublisher and Visual Nature Studio.

Since 2003, Red Paw Technologies has been specializing in producing the highest quality maps for real estate, marketing and media, urban planning, environmental science, higher education and the entertainment industry. Our maps appear on many company web sites, marketing brochures, investment prospectuses, television documentaries, books and travel guides.

Red Paw’s knowledge of the North American geographic and demographic landscape is unsurpassed. Our clear and accurate maps enable your company to make the best possible business location decisions, all with the highest presentation quality.

RLM handles requests that range all over: spatial demographics analysis, municipal planning, LiDAR-derived property maps, historical research, book publications – and many other subjects in between. Our cartography work is usually designed for printed publications; our GIS background is rooted in academics, social science applications, and municipal planning. Don’t be shy! Get in touch, we often work in tandem with other design and analysis groups. No project is too big, no project too small.

Cartographic design and research, specializing in print production.

We are awash in data. The challenge is to find, collect, and map it so that it tells your story and convinces your audience. Working in all traditional and new media spatial formats, vW Maps has been transforming information into meaningful, beautiful and convincing maps and data since 1994.

With extensive expertise in many spatial and geographic fields, we focus on problem-based thinking based on a deep understanding of current capabilities and evolving technology trends. We can help you discover the right solutions whether it concerns data acquisition, cleaning or processing; Open Data policies and good practice; virtual cities based on GIS, BIM, and CAD; and the sensors in the Internet of Things and the APIs that connect them.

Whether we work closely with you or manage your project as a fully outsourced solution, vW Maps will clarify your geospatial questions, turn your data into information and knowledge, and help you tell your story in the most compelling way possible.