Larry Garland has been making hiking maps for the Appalachian Mountain Club since 1996. His story is worth highlighting.
He didn’t start out thinking he would be a cartographer. He got a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a masters in computer information systems. Later in his career however, that would help in managing map data.
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