About demap

Damien Demaj is a freelance cartographer and cartographic design consultant. His creativity and vision are the driving force behind demap, his cartographic design company.



Damien graduated from RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Geomatics (Cartography/GIS) and has been actively involved in cartographic publishing for the past 11 years.

He is currently a director on the board of the IMTA (Asia Pacific) and a member of the North American Cartographic Society and British Cartographic Society.

Damien established demap in 2001 and his artistic, imaginative, and technical background in cartography and GIS has seen the enterprise evolve into a highly respected cartographic company.

He began his career as a cartographer for Explore Australia Publishing (Penguin), specializing in AutoCAD map and cartographic map design and production for 4 years. Subsequently he specialised in using MapInfo as a GIS technician at MWH (Montgomery Watson Harza), one of Melbourne’s leading storm water and waste water infrastructure data capture companies.

After 12 months at MWH Damien took on the role of cartographic project leader for publishers DK (Dorling Kindersley) in London where he managed a series of secondary geography textbooks for Prentice Hall, as well as being heavily involved in DK’s World Atlas mapping projects.

Most recently Damien has held the position of Chief Cartographic Consultant for the Macmillan Primary Atlas, and then for the Millennium House production, Earth, the world’s largest atlas.

Testimonials

Earth has been a massive task for Millennium House, we would have been concerned we couldn't make it happen if it wasn’t for the great mapping and advice provided by Damien.
Gordon Cheers, Managing Director
Millennium House

Damien is well organised and conscientious with a excellent understanding of the commercial needs of map making. He was a valued team member while working at DK and has continued to provide freelance cartographic services from single, one off, maps through to contributing on major projects.
David Roberts, Managing Cartographer
Dorling Kindersley

demap has provided the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) with high quality customised maps for our publications for a number of years now. The maps provided match well with our own high production standards. The timeliness of delivery and the accompanying customer service is greatly appreciated by us.
Janice Johnson, Research & Information Manager
ASPI

Damien Demaj has coordinated a number of projects for Lonely Planet since 2004. His organisational skills, knowledge of various software applications and ability to grasp our very specific workflow and mapping style have always resulted in completing these projects on time and with a high degree of quality.
Adrian Persoglia, Managing Cartographer
Lonely Planet Publications Australia