Geography lovers: prepare to be delighted. If much of the futuristic mapping technology in the news puts you off as too impractical, this TED talk by Alex Kipman seems downright practical. Kipman is an alumnus of the Rochester (NY) Institute of Technology–the same high-tech city that gave the subject of my book, Edwin Howell, his start in…
This artwork was part of the storefront for a clothing store in Maryland. We all had to take the bus since the metro was out in one large section. When we stopped to get back on the metro, the storefront had this brilliant artwork made of painted wood. Photo taken in summer 2005 during thesis…
Melanie McCalmont
Melanie McCalmont is the author of “A Wilderness of Rocks.” She is the national expert on historic geographic relief models.
Her first book “A Wilderness of Rocks: The Impact of Relief Models on Data Science” (2015) explores the role of relief models in the early formation of modern data science. Her second book (in progress) is a biography of relief modeler Edwin E. Howell (1845-1911). Other current projects include research with articles for the Library of Congress Map Division, the National Park Service, museum collections, and individual map collectors.
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Melanie is a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate with a M.Sci. in Geography and a M.Sci. in Life Science Communication. She is internationally certified in UX, or user experience research and analysis. Additionally, Melanie has over 25 years of practical work experience as a data analyst, web designer, and science writer in fields of aerospace, utilities, education, and geographic information systems.
Melanie currently lives and works in Colorado.
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