{{Short description|American historical geographer}} {{Infobox person | name = Brandon S. Plewe | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | citizenship = United States of America | alma_mater = University at Buffalo, Brigham Young University | occupation = Geographer }}
''' Brandon S. Plewe ''' is a geographer and Associate Professor of geography at Brigham Young University.<ref name="Plewe1">{{cite web |title=Brandon Plewe |url=https://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/directory/brandon-plewe |website=BYU FHSS Faculty |publisher=BYU |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Plewe2">{{cite web |last1=Plewe |first1=Brandon |title=Brandon S. Plewe Curriculum Vitae |url=https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/90/77/8233f422b1f6e3fa6ef7bcaf9288/059842597-cv-attachment.pdf |website=Brigham Young University |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Utah1">{{cite web |last1=Westwood |first1=Brad |title=UTAH & 1900 US CENSUS WITH CARTOGRAPHER BRANDON PLEWE |url=https://community.utah.gov/utah-1900-us-census-with-cartographer-brandon-plewe/ |website=Utah Department of Cultural & Community Engagement |date=19 December 2022 |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref><ref name="Ensign1">{{cite web |title=Brandon Plewe |url=https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/brandon-plewe/ |website=Ensign Peak Foundation |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
==Education and field==
Plewe earned his Ph.D. in geography from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1997. He specializes in Historical geography and historical GIS, applying it to research on topics such as the history of Utah and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Plewe2" /><ref name="Ensign1" /> Plewe was an early contributor to the body of literature surrounding web mapping and web GIS, and has participated in projects that have had tremendous influence on the discipline of Geographic Information Science.<ref name="Plewe3">{{cite book |last1=Plewe |first1=Brandon |title=GIS Online: Information Retrieval, Mapping, and the Internet |date=1997 |publisher=OnWord Press |isbn=1566901375 |edition=1}}</ref><ref name="Plewe4">{{cite journal |last1=Plewe |first1=Brandon |title=Web Cartography in the United States |journal=Cartography and Geographic Information Science |date=2007 |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=133–136 |doi=10.1559/152304007781002235|bibcode=2007CGISc..34..133P |s2cid=140717290 }}</ref><ref name="GISTBoK">{{cite book |last1=DiBiase |first1=David |last2=DeMers |first2=Michael |last3=Johnson |first3=Ann |last4=Kemp |first4=Karen |last5=Luck |first5=Ann Taylor |last6=Plewe |first6=Brandon |last7=Wentz |first7=Elizabeth |title=Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge |date=2006 |publisher=Association of American Geographers |isbn=978-0-89291-267-4 |edition=1}}</ref> * Ph.D., Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1997<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Plewe2"/><ref name="Ensign1"/> * Master of Arts, Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1995<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Plewe2"/><ref name="Ensign1"/> * Bachelor of Science., Cartography/Mathematics, Brigham Young University, 1992<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Plewe2" /><ref name="Ensign1"/>
==Career and publications==
===Academic===
Plewe has been a professor at Brigham Young University since 1996 and has been an associate professor since 2014.<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Plewe2" /><ref name="Ensign1" /> He has taught geography and courses related to Geographic information systems there since 1997.<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Plewe2" /><ref name="Ensign1" /> He served as the president of the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) between 2008 and 2009.<ref name="NACIS1">{{cite web |title=Past officers |url=https://nacis.org/our-society/leadership/alumni/ |website=NACIS |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> He served as the president of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society (CaGIS) between 2005 and 2006.<ref name="Plewe2" />
He has been an author of at least fifteen peer-reviewed journal articles and served as an editor on and contributed to the Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge (GISTBoK).<ref name="Plewe2" /><ref name="GISTBoK"/> These contributions included creating the cover design of the GISTBoK.<ref name="GISTBoK"/> His publications have centered geographically on the history of Utah and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Ensign1" /><ref name="Francaviglia1">{{cite journal |last1=Francaviglia |first1=Richard |title=Review of Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-Day Saint History ed. by Brandon S. Plewe |journal=Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization |date=2013 |volume=48 |issue=2 |pages=148–149 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/50/article/513484 |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> His primary focus has been on historical GIS, and his publication titled “The nature of uncertainty in historical geographic information” is listed as one of the “Key readings in Conceptual Foundations” within the GISTBoK.<ref name="GISTBoK"/><ref name="UncertaintyInHistory">{{cite journal |last1=Plewe |first1=Brandon |title=The Nature of Uncertainty in Historical Geographic Information |journal=Transactions in GIS |date=October 2002 |volume=431-45 |issue=4 |pages=431–45 |doi=10.1111/1467-9671.00121 |bibcode=2002TrGIS...6..431P |s2cid=15061584 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1467-9671.00121 |access-date=1 July 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref> He has authored several books, atlases, and book chapters, including:
* Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-day Saint History<ref name="Atlas1">{{cite book |last1=Plewe |first1=Brandon |title=Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-day Saint History |date=2014 |publisher=BYU Press |isbn=978-0842528795 |edition=2}}</ref><ref name="Francaviglia1"/> * Property Transactions in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, and Surrounding Communities, 1839-1859<ref name="Black1">{{cite book |last1=Plewe |first1=Brandon |last2=Black |first2=Susan Easton |last3=Black |first3=Harvey |title=Property Transactions in Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois and Surrounding Communities, 1839-1859 |date=2006 |publisher=World Vital Records |isbn=1424321018}}</ref> * GIS Online: Information Retrieval, Mapping, and the Internet<ref name="Plewe3" />
===Non-Academic===
In addition to Plewe's academic career, he has worked as a tour guide for the company "Utah Luxury Tours."<ref name="LuxuryTours">{{cite web |title=Brandon Plewe |url=https://utahluxurytours.com/guide/brandon-plewe/ |website=Utah Luxury Tours |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
==Awards and recognition==
Plewe has won numerous awards for his maps, atlases, and service.
These include: * Best Professional Map, Utah Geographic Information Council (2014)<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Plewe2" /> * Best Atlas of 2012, Cartography and Geographic Information Society<ref name="CartoGIS1">{{cite web |title=40th Map Competition Results (2012) |url=https://cartogis.org/docs/map_competition/map_design_competition2012.pdf |website=Cartography and Geographic Information Society |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> * Best Book Award, 2012, Mormon History Association<ref name="MHA1">{{cite web |title=Past Awards |url=https://mormonhistoryassociation.org/awards/past-awards/ |website=Mormon History Association |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref> * Best Atlas of 2011, Cartography and Geographic Information Society<ref name="CartoGIS2">{{cite web |title=39th Map Competition Results (2011) |url=https://cartogis.org/docs/map_competition/map_design_competition2011.pdf |website=Cartography and Geographic Information Society |access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Plewe grew up in St. George, Utah.<ref name="LuxuryTours" /> He is married and has five children.<ref name="Plewe1"/><ref name="Ensign1" /> He is active in the LDS church.<ref name="Plewe2"/> He enjoys hiking and is committed to trail preservation.<ref name="Utah1"/><ref name="LuxuryTours" />
==See also== <!-- Please keep this list alphabetized. Thanks! --> {{Div col|small=yes}}
* Anne Kelly Knowles * Cartographic design * Michael DeMers * Michael Peterson (geographer) * Quantitative geography * Typography (cartography) * Technical geography * Thematic map * Visual variable
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==References==
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==External links== *[https://fhssfaculty.byu.edu/directory/brandon-plewe BYU Geography official website] *{{google scholar id|SawZKFgAAAAJ}}
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