I love maps. As the old joke goes: “geology rocks, but geographers know where it’s at!”

While researching mapping sites, tips, and resources, I found this great mapping resource site by cartographer Tom Patterson. If you make maps, if you love maps, if you just like looking at cool maps, check out Shaded Relief, it’s a pretty amazing resource and source of inspiration.

This site started out as a resource for cartographers creating shaded relief, panoramas, land cover, and related raster art on maps. It has since grown to include my other cartographic interests and has become a repository for my maps, all of which are in the public domain.

About Shaded Relief from the website

A few details from some of my favorite maps on Shaded Relief.