The creator of Dundee’s first coloured street map has died at the age of 72 years.
James Roy Mitchell was born in the city he would eventually recreate in print.
He attended Blackness Primary School then Harris Academy until he was 15, when he was accepted into the Army Apprentice School in Harrogate.
There he found an aptitude for map-making and went on to become an expert cartographer.
While in the army Mr Mitchell travelled to Germany, Cyprus and Naples where he was stationed at a United Nations base.
During this time he trained as an expert marksman and won many awards.
On leaving the army Mr Mitchell returned with his family to his native Dundee where he was employed with the city council.
In 1984, and after six months of work, Mr Mitchell produced the first colour street map of the city, which even included bus routes. The map was picked up by a publisher, put on general sale a short time later and used in the local tourist board office.
He also created a colour map for Perth.As well as displaying his talents for map-making Mr Mitchell also demonstrated an eye for the written word, and in 1994 released a book that documented every pub in the city.
Two copies of A Dundee Public House Guide are still available in the Wellgate Central Library.
Mr Mitchell is survived by his son James and daughter Marion.