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Mountain Ski Maps of North America:A Preliminary Survey and Analysis of Style
Alex Tait, International Mapping
Ellicott City, Maryland, United States
Sierra-at-Tahoe, California
Mountain Ski Maps
Survey of North American Mountain Ski Maps
Panoramic View, 86% of maps
Crested Butte, Colorado
Elevation View (Profile), 8% of maps
Spirit Mountain, Minnesota
Planimetric View, 6% of maps
Willamette Pass, Oregon
Creation Methods
Paintedtraditionalcomputer
Illustratedtraditionalcomputer
Computer renderedDEM + draped photo imageModeled elements + procedural textures
Airphoto
Painted (72%), traditional tools
Snowbird, Utah, by James Niehues
Painted, digital tools
Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, by Peter Powers
Illustrated (20%)
Steamboat, Colorado, by Gary Milliken
Air photo (6%)
Whitewater Ski Resort, British Columbia
Computer rendered (3%), DEM + draped photo
Breckenridge, Colorado
Computer rendered (3%), modeled + procedural textures
Northstar-at-Tahoe, California
Credited Artists in survey of current maps
James Niehues 112 maps (57 of top 100)Peter Powers 25Gary Milliken 8Bill Brown 4Don Moss 4Murray Hay 3K.M. Mastin 2Hal Shelton 2A. Tait 2Ron Bomba 1Hans Schmidt 1Peter Kelley 1J.C. Hetz 1Unknown/unreadable 277
The Colorado School
Example: Vail, Colorado
Jim NiehuesBill BrownHal Shelton
Hal Shelton, Mammoth Mountain
Mammoth Mountain, California
Mammoth Mountain, detail 1
Mammoth Mountain, California
Mammoth Mountain, detail 2
Mammoth Mountain, California
Bill Brown, Arizona Snowbowl
Snowbowl, Arizona
James Niehues, Whistler Blackcomb
Whistler Blackcomb, British Columbia
James Niehues, Jay Peak
Jay Peak, Vermont
Murray Hay, Apex Mountain
Apex Mountain, British Columbia
Peter Powers, Lake Louise
Lake Louis, Alberta
Future research: History
Breckenridge, Colorado
Painted, c1975 Painted, c1990 DEM + Drape, c2005
Interactive Web Maps18% of all resorts
52% of the top 100
Mont Tremblant, Québec
