Facilitating Give-and-Take

As this new, communicating process is pretty much in its earliest stages, I thought it might be fun and informative to chronicle the process and see how the final results might be impacted by doing so.  For the next couple of months (at least), this post will posit my experiences in creating this year’s maps.  Look for these installment soon under the blog category “The Mapmaking Process”.  In the meantime, under this heading, I want to try and solicit more feedback from those of you who have something to ask or say.  I’m interested to know what you think of the maps, what questions you may have about how they are made, and most importantly, what you might be looking for that isn’t currently available.  As I noted in the first installment, the hope for the websites, is to be able to broaden my reach and make it viable to work on areas well outside my local geographic locale.  If this freedom works out, Florida and California, the Caribbean and other countries are all within the  realm of possibility.  As the name of my endeavor makes clear, anywhere that water meets land is of interest to me and could provide the inspiration for the next map cycle.  And, as much as I do this for the personal satisfaction it provides, I do hope people out there will like them and ultimately purchase them for their own pleasure.  They are not custom-made but are responsive to requests, so I am certainly interested in what you all think and are looking for.  I look forward to hearing from you on any of the points in this post.  Cheers.