Ross Thorn
Freelance Designer And Cartographer at Ross Thorn // Red Giant Maps
Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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Top SchoolRoss Thorn is a seasoned freelance designer and cartographer with nine years of experience crafting both interactive and static maps, logos, and web designs from Duluth, Minnesota. He combines academic training (M.S. in Geographic Information Science and Cartography) with hands-on work at organizations like Stamen, Facebook, Planet, and university research, specializing in QGIS and Mapbox-driven interactive mapping. Comfortable across the full geospatial stack, he has built web GIS apps using Esri JS API, MongoDB, SQL, and ArcGIS Online while also developing a JavaScript visualization library for large multivariate mobile maps. Ross is practiced at turning complex spatial datasets—including satellite imagery—into clear, publishable visuals and client-ready products. He brings a designer’s eye to technical problems, regularly bridging UI/UX and geodata to create maps that are both beautiful and actionable.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.S.), Geographic Information Science and Cartography, Master of Science (M.S.), Geographic Information Science and Cartography at University of Wisconsin-MadisonBachelor of Science (B.S.), Geography and Geoscience, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Geography and Geoscience at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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Github Skills (23)
tiles10
mapbox-gl-js10
mapbox-vector-tile10
maptiler10
mapbox-gl10
vector-tiles10
typescript10
browser10
vector10
cartography10
maps10
maplibre-gl10
leaflet9
javascript9
webgl9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
RossThorn/rossthorn.github.io
Dec 2016 - Jul 2024
Contributions:10 PRs, 132 pushes, 5 branches in 7 years 8 months
design-portfoliojavascriptcartography
RossThorn/FCVS
Apr 2017 - Mar 2022
Contributions:103 commits, 4 PRs, 92 pushes in 5 years
leafletmultivariatepointvisualization
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