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Map and Profile Views

May 02, 2006

First of all, this title block is beautiful.

Kanawha profile title block

It’s the title to a map and profile of the Kanawha River, showing water elevations, distances, and everything lse you’d need to know about navigation infrastructure on the Kanawha River.

Profile of dams and locks on Kanawha River

I’m a sucker for plan/profile displays like this. Another great set of examples are the “BIGOT” maps of the D-Day landing sites I saw in National Geographic in 2001. These maps show a photograph of the beach below a map of the shoreline and land above the cliffs.