Map design by Michael Hermann

Purple Lizard is the independent publishing and design firm of Michael Hermann. Purple Lizard is involved in cartographic design projects in many places, but is based in Pennsylvania.

Michael is an award winning map designer with a diverse background in recreational and eco-tourism maps, historical atlas design, textbook maps, specialty maps for authors and publishers (book, journal and magazine), street maps, campus maps, statistical graphics, courtroom graphics and signage and wayfinding systems for pedestrian and motorists.

Michael has been the senior cartographer with the University of Maine Canadian-American Center since 2000, and currently works in a telecommute position from Pennsylvania. This fluctuates between full and part time based on project activity.

Michael's Resume

Maps designed by Michael Hermann

email Michael Hermann

mike at purplelizard-dot-com (this is spelled out to escape the searchbots, even though resistance is futile)

want more maps, information design, and geography? surf on...

atlas(t)

Axis maps

CartoTalk

Glow Lab

ikatun

information aesthetics

The Map Room

NACIS.org

strange maps

Tufte

veryspatial

Purple Lizard Rothrock Trail Map

The famous Lizard map of the many trail systems in Rothrock State Forest between State College and Huntingdon, PA.

Rothrock Trail Map

Fun stuff from my past and present

Lizard Tracks: my newspaper columns from the Centre Daily Times 1998-2000, outdoor recreation, hiking, biking, driving and other rants

Into old mountain bikes? Check out the Grove Innovations shop history

Into Toyota Land Cruisers?

Into Nissan Pathfinders?

In winter of 2007 I drove as far north as you can go by road in Quebec to visit Radisson. This is a photo-narrative of that journey.

2007: The James Bay Trip