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Jim Meacham is an expert in thematic map design and data visualization. A world-class cartographer and atlas designer, Jim's work includes coauthoring the Atlas of Yellowstone (2022 and 2012 editions), Wild Migrations: Atlas of Wyoming’s Ungulates (2018), Archaeology and Landscape in the Mongolian Altai: An Atlas (2010), and the Atlas of Oregon (2001). These atlas publications have received several major awards from the American Association of Geographers, the Cartography and Geographic Information Society, the Association of American Publishers, and the Wildlife Society, among others. He is also a former president of the North American Cartographic Information Society.

Recent Media:
Scientists are mapping animal migration to improve conservation (World Economic Forum, May 19, 2021)
Mapmaker Leaves Winning Team at the Helm (Oregon Journalism Lab, Feb. 24, 2021)
Why Cartography Still Matters (Directions Magazine, Sept. 16, 2020)
Kids are becoming the teachers during the pandemic. (National Geographic UK, June 9, 2020)
InfoGraphics Atlas Captures Astounding Migrations (Oregon Quarterly, winter 2019)
New atlas charts the epic migrations of deer, elk and antelope (Around the O, Nov. 27, 2018)
First-ever atlas of big-game migrations highlights UW research (University of Wyoming, Oct. 22, 2018)
Interview with a celebrity cartographer: Jim Meacham (Cartographic Perspectives, June 16, 2015)