Mapping with the Southern Trails Chapter

Spending our winters in Arizona presents the opportunity to interface with the Southern Trails Chapter of OCTA. In February I was invited to accompany mapping members Tracy DeVault from Prescott, AZ, Mike Volberg from Ramona, CA, Greg McEachron from Seminole, Read More …


Marking and Preservation Workshop Attracts 26

emigrant trail map

Members of OCTA’s Mapping and Marking Committee, and staff of the National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and University of Utah met in Salt Lake City from October 30 through November 1 to plan mapping activities and Read More …


Marking and Preservation Workshop Attracts 26

Members of OCTA’s Mapping and Marking Committee, and staff of the National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and University of Utah met in Salt Lake City from October 30 through November 1 to plan mapping activities and Read More …



Archaeology and Cartography: Why Theory Matters

To this day archaeologists remain consumers of cartographic methodology, and thus of cartographic theory. It is important then to trace the history of theory in cartography and geography in the broader context of general social theory.