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He was the founder Pierson Graphics, a long-time cartographic publisher for Denver and the front range, that had a well established reputation for quality and dependability. This interview follows something of the arc of his life, from the family's navigator and map-reader, to an architecture student that was drawn into the world of map making. Does focus on his series of birds eye views for cities, which were inspired by seeing Hermann Bollmann's famous NYC map, Francis' approach, and his life in cartography. 0:55 The navigator and map reader 3:05 Education and first job with Architectural firm, and on to Oil & Gas 7:55 Hermann Bollmann's Map of New York 9:18 Bollmann as a continuation of the past 10:49 Inspired to depict Denver 12:31 Groundwork to draw Denver 13:25 the 1974 Birdseye of Denver 16:07 Birds Eyes for Chicago, Dallas, Houston 18:35 Second editions and city growth 20:30 Could you do it again today? 21:05 From Analog to Digital

An amazing story of a promising architecture student who loses everything as war sweeps across his country, and restarts life in America, just as the new tech region of Silicon Valley begins to grow. For those interested in the 20th century cartography, the growth of Silicon Valley, or just needing an inspirational story. Here is just a portion of an interview with artist, map maker and enduring creator, Pham Bach Phi. 0:49 Beginning - Life and family in Vietnam 3:40 'We are very lucky' leaving Saigon 6:36 San Francisco 7:48 Making 'Unspeakable Rancor' 9:40 Starting over, working up 13:02 'You were born to do this job!' Maps of Silicon Valley 14:41 His map making process

Out of the dynamic growth of Silicon Valley came a new field of Biotech that would begin to outpace its technical field of origin. Even as people speak of the end of Moore's law and the slowing of tech development, it seems biotech just grows and innovates more quickly. Today's guest, Terry Guyer, was not only first hand for the growth of these industries, but met and painted portraits of many of the titans of technology, medicine and biology. From the aforementioned Gordon Moore, to Steve Wozniak, or Ray Kurzweil, Terry Guyer has spent time with them all. Most of all, Guyer was the maker of a series of maps that showed the growing Biotech industry from California to the East Coast and up to Canada. 0:00 Intro 0:55 Living in early Silicon Valley and the changing landscape 4:55 Specialty Tech Illustration and beginning of Biotech maps 14:00 Meeting Silicon Valley Luminaries 18:00 Steve Wozniak 21:00 Luminaries as people 24:45 Internet era personalities 29.15 Map making 31.19 Thanks!

From a lifetime of practical experience in community work, wrestling with the structures that form and direct peoples, Frank Romo (https://www.romogis.com/)has had an expanding perspective on the human experience. In this conversation we get to discuss his landmark, interactive 'Black Lives Matter Map' (https://blm-map.com/), as well as his background and works such as the 'Murals In Detroit' ( https://muralsindetroit.com/) He's passionate about making cartographic works to illuminate the complexities of right now, from the individual to the collective, and impacting our culture's dialogue. This is just a portion of an energizing and challenging conversation with Frank Romo.

A young employee at the Harris Seybold printing company always loved those framed painting of classic books. They hung in the offices, those original paintings, and were mostly done by artist and illustrator Everett Henry. They were extraordinary in their visual ability to represent the geography, plot and drama of a story in a single visual. Everett Henry literally could convert a book into a type of map. This young employee, Rich Foley, spent years at the company, and as the business changed ownership, he always kept tabs on what happened to those painting. He always made sure new management knew their story and that they were important... and should end up in a good home. Even in retirement he never let go, but made sure that eventually they made it home, to the Library of Congress. 'They now belong to the American people'. To see more ...https://bit.ly/3m6Xhmu

Drawing on a whimsical approach to depicting areas, Kirby Scudder has tapped into a greater depth and continues the tradition of the American Birds Eye View map. Here we chat with him about his early work for the Tech Regions around Boston with 'Route 128' as well as his early Silicon Valley. To see more, you can visit him at www.kirbyscudder.com and at https://www.youtube.com/user/TheKirbyscudder