Dr Andrew Grout worked for the British Geological Survey for 13 years, many of which were spent mapping the geology of Scotland. Since 1996 he has been a Research Fellow at the Department of Geography, the University of Edinburgh. In 1998-99 he was a Research Assistant to Project Pont and drew up recommendations for the electronic delivery of the Pont maps. He is now working to establish a website for historic maps of Scotland, 1590-1740, as part of the 'Charting the Nation' project.