Hal Shelton Revisted: Designing and Producing Natural-Color Maps with Satellite Land Cover Data

Tom Patterson, US National Park Service
Nathaniel Vaughn Kelso, National Geographic

Published in Cartographic Perspectives (No. 47, Winter 2004), the journal of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS).

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Africa

Acrylic on zinc (1961)
Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection
Scale: 1:6,336,000
163 x 131 cm

World: Eastern Hemisphere

Acrylic on zinc (undated)
Parabolic Equal-Area Interrupted Projection
Scale: 1:25,344,000
93 x 98 cm

Palestine

Acrylic on zinc (1965)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
91 x 60 cm

Arizona

Acrylic on zinc (1955)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
86 x 75 cm

World: East Asia Gore

Acrylic on zinc (1957)
Parabolic Equal-Area Non-Conformal Proj.
Scale: 1:25,344,000
91 x 65 cm

Nevada

Acrylic on zinc (undated)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
92 x 65 cm

California

Acrylic on paper-covered zinc (1959)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000

Color Legend

Acrylic on zinc (1957)
18 x 29 cm

Reno Area

Acrylic on paper-covered zinc (undated)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:250,000
72 x 58 cm

Colorado

Acrylic on zinc (1957)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
48 x 65 cm

Los Angeles Area

Casein on paper-covered zinc (1949)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:500,000
51 x 56 cm

Salt Lake City Area

Acrylic on paper-covered zinc (1950)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: unknown
53 x 39 cm

Eurasia

Acrylic on zinc (1961)
Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection
Scale: 1:9,504,000
122 x 150 cm

Middle East

Acrylic on zinc (1951)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:5,000,000
102 x 123 cm

South America

Acrylic on zinc (undated)
Parabolic Equal-Area Projection
Scale: 1:5,000,000
183x 118 cm

Europe

Acrylic on zinc (1957)
Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection
Scale: 1:12,038,400
51 x 61 cm

World

Acrylic on paper-covered zinc (1951)
Mercator Projection
Scale: 1:31,400,000
102 x 157 cm

Southern Hemisphere

Acrylic on zinc (1962)
Polar Orthographic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
65 x 61 cm

New Europe

Acrylic on zinc (undated)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:5,000,000
107 x 137 cm

North America

Acrylic on zinc (1956)
Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area Projection
Scale: 1:6,336,000
145 x 119 cm

South Polar Area

Acrylic on zinc (1957)
Polar Stereographic Projection
Scale: 1:25,344,000
48 x 53 cm

Western Hemisphere

Acrylic on illustration board (1962)
Global Projection
Scale: unknown
58 x 44 cm

Northern Hemisphere

Acrylic on zinc (1963)
Polar Orthographic Projection
Scale: unknown
56 x 57 cm

United States

Acrylic on paper-covered zinc (1956)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:3,000,000
102 x 175 cm

Eastern Hemisphere

Acrylic on illustration board (1957)
Global Projection
Scale: unknown
43 x 33 cm

New Mexico

Acrylic on zinc (undated)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
79 x 71 cm

Utah

Acrylic on zinc (1956)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
91 x 65 cm

Hawaiian Islands

Acrylic on zinc (1957)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: varies depending on island
65 x 89 cm

North Polar Area

Acrylic on zinc (1956)
Polar Stereographic Projection
Scale: 1:25,344,000
55 x 73 cm

Wyoming

Acrylic on paper-covered zinc (1953)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
48 x 65 cm

World: Western Hemisphere

Acrylic on zinc (undated)
Parabolic Equal-Area Interrupted Projection
Scale: 1:25,344,000
93 x 75 cm

Pacific Northwest

Acrylic on paper-covered zinc (1962)
Lambert Conformal Conic Projection
Scale: 1:1,000,000
117 x 183 cm

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