Frank Brusca
112 Executive Court
Westerville OH 43081
(614) 523-2284 - (614) 901-2379 FAX
frank@kingsfield.com

Cartographic and GIS Background

With a background of studying oil company roadmaps in the back of the family car while his parents drove across the country on summer vacation, Frank possesses a keen interest in cartography and its everyday application. Perhaps the most vivid example is his work with John Deere on its DeereTrax GPS/vehicle maintenance system. The Davenport, Iowa-based machinery company wanted a way to best convey spatial information to its fleet managers and large customers. Frank's design team developed improvements in to the user interface, map display and an algorithm that converts UTM coordinates to the name of the closest zip code centroid.

Frank has been using computer-based cartographic tools for ten years. He is experienced in the use of most of Delorme's professional and consumer computer-based tools including XMap, Map Expert, Topo USA, 3D Topo Quads, Ertha, Street Atlas, Map and Go. Moreover, Frank is experienced with GPS technology and its application with handheld devices.

As part of his historic preservation work, Frank has applied his computer expertise in the creation of custom maps. Using the USGS digital raster graphics (DRGs), he is able to compose highly detailed maps in an entirely digital process; no paper is used. Below, is a sample of one of his maps showing the various historical alignments of Route 40 in southwestern New Jersey.