Map Gallery

Chris Rogers

My rule of thumb of map design follows

It is a tool just like an ax
The map should use as much real estate on the page as possible. That mean to the margin and use the space for needed preplan information
It should be readable while driving down the road in a ladder truck

This map is designed as a street map for a large fire district that covers about 200 square miles. This map is format to 11×17 page size with the map going to the margins as much as possible. The top is reserved for a simple legend, area map inset and caution information that relates to that particular map grid.

This map is a display map showing the fire stations in my region. I took publicly available hillshading and overlaid jurisdictional boundaries of the different fire districts. This map is meant to be a display piece.

This map is a regional map with a grid derived from the US national Grid. The grid number is a locally used number with the scale at 1:24000.

This is a large format map page based on a local grid. This page includes information that you may find on a preplan including building labels, fire department connections, alarm information, and knox box locations.