{"id":1787592,"date":"2019-08-08T18:33:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787592"},"modified":"2019-08-08T18:33:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T22:33:49","slug":"heinrich-c-berann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/heinrich-c-berann\/","title":{"rendered":"Heinrich C. Berann"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Henrich C. Berann, \u201cPanorama of Denali,\u201d 1994. U.S. National Park Service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I can\u2019t believe that, other than a brief mention in 2010<\/a>, I\u2019ve never written anything about the cartographic artist Heinrich C. Berann<\/a> (1917-1992), whose work includes panoramic paintings for National Geographic<\/em> and, in his later years, for the National Park Service<\/a>. (To be honest, they remind me of Jim Niehues<\/a>\u2019s ski resort maps, but that surely should be the other way around.) He also worked with Marie Tharp<\/a> and Bruce Heezen to turn their physiographic maps of the ocean floor into works of art<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some links: Kottke looks at his panoramic paintings<\/a>; so did All Over the Map last year<\/a>. Also last year, The Map Designer has examples from Berann\u2019s entire career<\/a>. This site<\/a> is maintained by one of Berann\u2019s grandsons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can\u2019t believe that, other than a brief mention in 2010, I\u2019ve never written anything about the cartographic artist Heinrich C. Berann (1917-1992), whose work includes panoramic paintings for National Geographic and, in his later… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,230],"tags":[1362,1111,1363,430],"class_list":["post-1787592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-art","category-oceans","tag-berann","tag-mountains","tag-panoramic-maps","tag-seafloor","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1837739,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/03\/replicating-iconic-ocean-floor-maps-in-arcgis-pro\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787592,"position":0},"title":"Replicating Iconic Ocean Floor Maps in ArcGIS Pro","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 March 2025","format":"link","excerpt":"John Nelson John Nelson has found another analog map style to replicate in ArcGIS Pro: Heinrich Berann\u2019s iconic National Geographic maps of the ocean floor (which were paintings based on the work of Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen). 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