Tom Patterson received a BA in geography from SUNY Oneonta in 1980 and an MA in geography from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 1982. Following graduate school and a two-year stint working on the Atlas of American Samoa, he worked for five years as Adjunct Assistant Professor/Cartography Laboratory Manager at the University of Utah.
For the next five years, Tom was employed as a cartographer for the Central Intelligence Agency. He served a one-year rotation with the Department of State as a Map Procurement Officer, conducting map collection trips in east Asia and Oceania. Since 1992, Tom has worked as a cartographer for the National Park Service making maps for publications, movies, multimedia projects, and exhibits. He has published numerous tutorials, journal articles, and text chapters on shaded relief presentation and 3D mapping. Tom is a former President of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS). He was the organizer of the 2002 International Cartographic Association, Mountain Cartography Workshop at Mt. Hood, Oregon.
Tom lives in Leesburg, Virginia.
Website: www.shadedrelief.com
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