Making a NGS Reference Map: Cuba
Selling the idea: Spring 2010
Cuba Map Project Staff : September 2010 - May 2011 From left to right: Debbie Gibbons, Director of Production; Maureen (Mo) Flynn, Editor; Juan Valdés, Project Manager; Rosemary Daley, GIS Cartograher; and Julie Ibinson, Researcher
INITIAL BASE PLOT TRIM 24” x 36” PROJECTION: HOTINE OBLIQUE MERCATOR SCALE: 1:1,500,000 1 cm = 15 km or 1 in = 24 mi
Transportation Plot
Bathymetric Plot
Water Step Plot
(Produced from Digital Elevation Model (DEM)) Shaded Relief File (Produced from Digital Elevation Model (DEM))
Base map as first exported from GIS to Production prior to styling in Adobe Illustrator
A Secondary Map Source (One of Eight)
Proof Ready Plot
Official notice on changes to Cuba's administrative divisions September 2, 2010
U.S. State Department Map of Cuba, January 2011
U.S. Board on Geographic Names (Foreign Names) File Change December 16, 2010
Correction Copy: Boundary Alignments
Correction Copy: Passenger Railroads
Correction Copy: Road Edits
Correction Copy: Bathymetric Features and Soundings
Correction Copy: Place-Name Check (Spellings and Placement)
Press Ready Files: Shipped May 26, 2011