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Shawn Richardson is a seasoned cartographer, photographer, and author with extensive experience in remote sensing, geography, and topography. He has authored several books on bicycle trails and has designed Ohio's bicycle route numbering system. Richardson has worked with various organizations, including the Ohio Department of Transportation and the University of Louisville, and has maintained and created maps for various publications.

Experience

  • Biking USA's Rail-Trails
    • P.O. Box 612 Worthington, OH 43085
    • Book Author/Cartographer/Photographer, Bicyclist & Designer of Ohio's...
      • Sep 1993 - Present
      • P.O. Box 612 Worthington, OH 43085

      AUTHOR OF BICYCLE TRAIL GUIDE BOOKSResearch & Compile Information for Mapping Bicycle Trails & Rail-Trails throughout various states across the United States. Work consists of bicycling various bicycle trails across the Country and collecting information and photographs for mapping the t...

    • United States
    • Transportation Programs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Transportation Tech/Cartographer/Photogrammetrist
      • Jan 1988 - Present

      Work with Aerial Photography, Survey Data & Computer Software for creating Topographic Maps. Also produced a blueprint in 2000 for Ohio's Bicycle Route Numbering System which was adopted by several regions throughout Ohio. In 2012, ODOT adopted my proposal to implement a Statewide Plan for establishing Bicycle Routes which are numbered along various bicycle trails and back roads.Updated ODOT's Last Edition of Ohio's Highway Maps (Distribution Free to the Public) using methods of Scribing Cartography & Color Separation Layers. This map can be seen hanging on one of the walls in the background scene of the early 1990s TV Show "The New WKRP in Cincinnati."

    • Transportation Tech. (Cartographer/Photogrammetrist)
      • Jan 1988 - Present

  • University of Louisville Ekstrom Library
    • University of Louisville-Ekstrom Library, Louis...
    • Archival Map Librarian
      • 1981 - 1987
      • University of Louisville-Ekstrom Library, Louis...

      Maintain, organize, & process new maps to be added to the University of Louisville Map Collection. Create & maintain the Library's catalogue/Map Indexing system. Maps in the Library's collection include USGS Topographic Maps, Special Topic Geological Studies Maps, US Millitary M...

    • Cartographer/Graphic Art Picture Drawer
      • 1979 - 1987
      • Louisville, Ky.

      Self Cartography Business.Maps covering a variety of special topics custom made for various Book Authors & Publishers:Various Publications of Maps by Shawn E. Richardson (SER Maps)1982 H. Edward Richardson, The Best Loved Short Stories of Jesse Stewart (SER Map on p. iii)1982 The Dainty Gui...

  • University of Louisville-Ecology Department (Sy...
    • University of Louisville-Ecology Department
    • Cartographer & Aerial Photographer Researcher
      • 1982 - 1985
      • University of Louisville-Ecology Department

      Perform Research & Cartography under Dr. William J. Mitch for various publications mostly concerning the topic of Kentucky's Wetlands & the impact of Strip Coal Mining. In addition to the routine maps and graphic charts needed for the Ecology Department's publications, a major pub...

Education

  • 1980 - 1985
    University of Louisville
  • 1980 - 1985
    University of Louisville College of Arts & Sciences
  • 1978 - 1980
    Waggener High School, St. Matthews, KY
  • 1976 - 1978
    Atherton High School, Louisville, KY

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