He received his bachelor’s degree from BYU, and went to the State University of New York at Buffalo for a Masters and PhD. His research focuses on historical GIS, especially related to mapping the history of the Intermountain West and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His published works include the award winning _Mapping Mormonism: An Atlas of Latter-day Saints_ (2012) and the _Geographic Information Science and Technology Body of Knowledge_ (2006). He has also worked for 25 years as a freelance cartographer through his business, Kinesava Geographics. Brandon is married with 5 children; he enjoys exploring the West by road and trail, and collecting geographic uniquities.