Maps that make the invisible impossible to ignore.
Cartolab is the cartography studio at Woodwell Climate Research Center. We turn complex climate data into maps that reveal the stories of a changing planet – with scientific rigor and an artist's eye.
Featured · 2024
The Kanektok River in Southwest Alaska
A 40-inch wide rendering of a living Alaskan river, printed from Sentinel2 optical imagery.
What We Do
We make data
legible at
a glance.
Scientific & Academic Visualization
Journal figures, grant proposal graphics, powerpoint slides, and conference poster maps – built to meet the exact standards of the document allowing your work to stand out.
Digital Narrative & Media
Custom content for StoryMaps and web stories. Scroll stopping data visualizations for social media – interactive story telling for the modern web.
Editorial & Custom Cartography
Magazine and media maps, thematic infographics, report and policy briefing map layouts – clean, authoritative work for editors, legislators, and decision-makers.
Cartographic Art
Museum-quality wall art generated from Earth system data – large format prints for lobbies, galleries, and private collections. Browse existing pieces in the gallery, or see which prints are available by request.
How we work
From pixel
to print.
Every Cartolab project follows the same four moves. We never start with aesthetics — we start with the question the map needs to answer.
Start a project →Listen
What message, what audience, what purpose?
Source
Assemble the best peer-reviewed spatial data.
Render
Compose, code, and iterate.
Deliver
Digital asset, print, or 30-foot exhibit — whatever the story needs.
Atmospheric
Hurricane Helene · forecast ensemble
Trusted by
In good company.
A partial list of the institutions, newsrooms and policy offices that have commissioned Cartolab maps in recent years — across academia, conservation, media, government and finance.
Let's make a map
Your data
deserves a story.
Whether it's a one-off figure for a Nature paper or a traveling exhibit, we'd love to hear what you're working on.