Tombolo
Maps & Design
Established in 2010, Tombolo Maps & Design has a decade and a half of freelance and contract cartographic experience working with clients from all backgrounds to create the perfect maps for their diverse needs.
Our Services
Tombolo Maps & Design is passionate about making maps that disseminate geospatial information in ways that local communities and broad international audiences alike can understand, appreciate, and learn from!
Print Cartography
Create award-winning, custom, print cartography for a myriad of uses and audiences ranging from simple locator maps to detailed, data-heavy map series.
(Tombolo Maps & Design print map for the Hanna Institute)
Museum Exhibits
Work with museums and design firms to develop maps that seamlessly integrate with new and existing exhibits and provide valuable context to museum visitors.
(Tombolo Maps & Design cartography, concept/design by Berenbaum Jacobs Associates, and fabrication by Pacific Studio; created for the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum)
Interactive Maps
Develop custom interactive maps from basic where-to-find-your-business maps to more intricate maps with pop-up windows and togglable data.
(Tombolo Maps & Design interactive map for Área de Conservación Guanacaste)
GIS Analysis & Data Processing
Help find, collect, digitize, analyze, and process geospatial data for your mapping projects or include this work in Tombolo Maps & Design's own cartographic process.
(Tombolo Maps & Design sourced and visualized geospatial data, custom map art by Nifty Mapworks)
Map Editing
Editing and proofreading to verify map data and ensure quality and accuracy standards are met for your own mapping projects. (Editing services on Tombolo Maps & Design maps are included in the cartographic process.)
(Ollivierre's Participatory Mapping of Heritage Sites in the Transboundary Grenadines project)
Alt Text/Description Writing
Write alt text for map images you already have published online (or as an add-on for your Tombolo Maps & Design map) to help screen-reading tools describe and provide cartographic context to visually impaired readers.
(Tombolo Maps & Design alt description for Aniakchak National Monument & Preserve Nat. Park Service map)
Map Symbol Design
Design custom, unique map symbology for print or interactive maps, either for your own or Tombolo Maps & Design's maps.
(Tombolo Maps & Design interactive map symbols for Goat Maps)
Data Visualization & Graphic Design
Develop complete design packages for maps (such as trailhead signage, brochures, and posters) as well as infographics.
(Tombolo Maps & Design print map poster for Participatory Mapping of Heritage Sites in the Grenadine Islands)
Participatory Mapping
Provide advisory services to assist in best practice participatory mapping initiatives, with particular expertise in the Caribbean and small island developing states.
(Ollivierre assisting The Nature Conservancy with the facilitation of a marine spatial planning workshop)
Local KNowledge Data
Also provide advisory services to assist in best practice local knowledge data collection, management, visualization, and ensuring community knowledge is properly respected.
(Ollivierre conducting local ecological knowledge data interviews for Birds of the Transboundary Grenadines)
MENTORship
Share insight and advice based on personal and professional experiences in the form of career mentorship to students and young professionals.
Free mentorship offered through the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) Mentor Program and Middlebury College's MiddMentors Alumni Program. Other mentorship opportunities available at a sliding scale upon request.
(Ollivierre presenting at the BirdsCaribbean Conference in Jamaica)
Custom Artwork For Your Maps
Tombolo Maps & Design works with incredible artists to add unique, custom illustrated artwork to maps upon request.
Anusha is an illustrator and graphic designer with a bold and colorful artistic style and a passion for wildlife.
(Tombolo cartography, art by Anusha Jiandani)
Scott is an illustrated map designer and artist with an eye for detail that extends from the natural to the built world.
(Tombolo cartography, art by Scott Schiller)
PAST CLIENTS
Tombolo Maps & Design is proud to have worked with an incredibly diverse client base from across the world, including:
conservation organizations
non-governmental organizations
international government agencies
terrestrial and marine parks
national policymakers
universities and colleges
research consultancies
technical institutes
map and education centers
history and science museums
book publishers, imprints, and authors
community organizations
care institutes
design firms
artists and art practices
theme parks
Tombolo Maps & Design is excited to learn more about what we can map or design for you!