Graphics and Illustrations

Merritt Cartographic produces graphics to illustrate a wide variety of topics. Often graphics are produced to depict Earth related processes but, particularly in relation to vector based illustration, the subjects covered are wide and varied. Ultimately, graphics are produced to fulfil the requirements of your unique design brief as successfully as possible. Utilising specialist 3D modelling and rendering applications, as well as illustration and photo manipulation software, Merritt Cartographic produces detailed graphics and illustrations for a full range of applications and purposes.

Featured Graphic - Yellowstone National Park

A 3D terrain model of this world famous national park, Yellowstone, highlighting points of interest and land formations. Designed for display as an overview of this region.

The three dimensional appearance has been created with a technique involving satellite imagery, whereby the image has been 'draped' over a digital elevation model. The mountain formations of this region lend themselves well to a presentation of this type.

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Maps

Merritt Cartographic produces digital, graphically rich maps for the purposes of illustration, education and the display of thematic information.

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Maps for Children

Merritt Cartographic creates maps for the younger reader. Employing bright and colourful designs, these maps are tailored to suit the needs of children as they learn about the world.

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Interactive Maps

Merritt Cartographic designs interactive maps for deployment on websites and in applications. Using custom styles and dynamic features, we create maps that visualise your information.

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Featured Illustration - Cafe Visualisation

This illustration was created to help an organisation who were looking to convert a building, which had previously been used as a church hall, in to a small cafe.

This visualisation was used to help the people planning the work decide upon the layout of the cafe. It was also used to raise awareness of the scheme to redevelop this building amongst members of the local community and the public in general.

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Graphics

Merritt Cartographic can provide detailed and varied graphic products and illustrations to assist you in meeting the objectives for your publication.

Graphics and illustrations

Shop

Purchase posters of some of Merritt Cartographic's most popular maps from this store. These custom designed map posters are ideal for direct display or framing.

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Contact

For more information regarding our services and how they apply to your project, or for more information in general, please get in touch. We look forward to hearing from you.

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National Museum of African American History & Culture - floor plans

Merritt Cartographic has produced a series of graphics for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. This is a new museum, opened in 2016, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.. These plans were produced for a guidebook of the museum and help readers to navigate across eight floors of public galleries.

These graphics have been created with reference to accurate architectural plans and are drawn to scale. It was decided that a few key 'landmark' objects and displays should be visualised with small yet detailed illustrations. This provides guidebook readers and visitors to the museum with reference points as they travel around the building. Pictorial icons have also been included to identify public facilities and access points.

Merritt Cartographic produces detailed graphics and illustrations for a full range of applications and purposes.

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About

Hello, my name is Ed Merritt. I am a cartographer based in Southampton (UK). I established Merritt Cartographic in 2006.

I am a graduate of Oxford Brookes University, receiving an honours degree in Mapping and Cartography. Having worked in the past for a large publishing company in central London, much of my current work is commissioned for inclusion in reference books. I also produce interactive maps for deployment on websites and in applications as well as products for use on public display panels and signposts. As a freelance cartographer, I have produced custom maps and graphics for a wide range of publishers, charities, media organisations and businesses. My work has been included in books published by Dorling Kindersley, National Geographic, Pearson, Penguin Books, Oxford University Press, Taschen, Laurence King Publishing, Millennium House and Weldon Owen. I've also created maps for a wide range of other companies and charities, including the Royal Horticultural Society, Smithsonian Institution, Best Western, The Greenbrier Companies, Fastmarkets, Bright Horizons and Cycling UK.

I enjoy being creative in my work and like to explore new approaches. As a map-maker, I have a natural tendency to pay attention to detail and also to work hard to ensure that I am being as accurate as I can in the work that I produce.

For more information on how Merritt Cartographic can best assist you with your project, please send me a message or make contact via the information displayed above and throughout the site. I look forward to hearing from you.

Prehistoric Globes
A selection of globe artworks showing, in a generalised way, the appearance of the Earth at different periods throughout its history. These globes represent how the Earth might have looked during the Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

Prehistoric Globes
Yellowstone National Park
A 3D terrain model of this world famous National Park, Yellowstone, highlighting points of interest and land formations. Designed for display as an overview of this region.

Yellowstone
Nature reserves
A graphic highlighting the location of all Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust sites. An overview map detailing the variety and distribution of the reserves across these two counties.

Nature reserves
Dragonfly
A vector illustration of a male Southern Hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea). Whilst not a scientific study, the aim of this artwork, created entirely in a vector illustration package, was to reflect this insect in its environment as accurately as possible.

Dragonfly
Grasshopper
A vector illustration of a female Meadow Grasshopper. Whilst not a scientific study, the aim of this artwork, created almost entirely in a vector illustration package, was to reflect this insect in its environment as accurately as possible.

Grasshopper
Cafe Visualisation
A 3D illustration created to visualise the layout of a small cafe contained within a building previously used as a church hall. This visualisation was used to help the people planning the work decide upon the layout of the cafe.

Cafe Visualisation
Hurricane
A simulated three-dimensional model depicting the view of a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico. This model was produced to provide an overview of the typical structure of a hurricane.

Hurricane
World Population
A graphic and associated graphs focusing on the world's population and its distribution. The main focus of the map was to highlight the variations in population density across the world.

World Population
Museum floor plans
Museum floor plans for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington, D.C.. These illustrations were produced for a visitor guidebook to help people navigate around the museum.

Museum floor plans
Westminster
A hand-drawn map illustration of central Westminster. Graphics like this one are typically used in tourist guidebooks and on display panels and signposts, helping visitors navigate around urban areas which they are otherwise not familiar with.

Westminster