DAVID MCCREARY

Cartographer

I’m a Los Angeles based cartographer and designer focused on maps, visual storytelling and editorial design. My background is in environmental science and GIS, and I spent several years working in technical mapping at a transportation analytics company. But I’ve always been drawn to the design side of maps as well.

Work on family history books with Small Audience Books helped bring it all together through cartography, where I’ve found research, technical rigor and design meet.

When I’m not mapping, I’m usually reading, running or trying to perfect my sourdough :)

Have a project in mind? I’d love to hear about it.

Email me at hello@mapsbydavid.com

WHAT I MAKE

Historically researched maps
Trip and journey maps
Illustrated maps of buildings and homes
Infographic and editorial maps
Locator and context maps

HOW I WORK

Research-driven
Design-forward
Collaborative
Built for print or web

RELATED WORK

Small Audience Books
Silver Lake Scans
Select academic work

HELLO, WELCOME TO

LA–based cartographer specializing in historically researched maps and editorial design work

LA–based cartographer specializing in
historically researched maps and editorial design work