3D Topographic Map Art

Greg Plumb

Gregory Plumb was born in a Flint, Michigan hospital in 1956 and raised in the nearby village of Linden. He retired from academics a few years ago, whereby the Oklahoma State Regents awarded him Professor Emeritus status for his work as Professor and Chair of the Department of Cartography and Geography at East Central University. Greg is the author of "Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest", when initially published in 1983 was the first guidebook dedicated to the subject. He is also the author of "Waterfalls of Tennessee", presently in its third edition. Greg is currently in the final editing phase of "Waterfall Atlas of the United States", which he views as the life-long culmination of his love of waterfalls, geography and cartography. He holds degrees in geography from Central Michigan University (biology double-major), University of Idaho and two from the University of Kansas. Over his career he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma and Adjunct Associate Professor at East Tennessee State University and served as GIS Director for the City of Johnson City, Tennessee. Though retired from academics, Greg continues to teach an online course in World Regional Geography for Murray State College. He also keeps busy with projects as sole proprietor of Personalized Map Company (mymaps.com). It's an eclectic venture, whose products not only feature 3D Topo Map Art, but also alumni mapping, spatial database construction and mapping of cemeteries, and analysis and mapping of subjects ranging from politics to religion. Greg married his wife, Robin, in 1990. They have two grown children and three grandchildren, one of whom tragically died during the COVID-19.pandemic.