Our recent IMIA Americas overall winner, “Kauai 3D Map” produced for and in collaboration with Summit Maps (http://www.summitmaps.com/), has just been honored as the Global Map Award winner by the International Map Industry Association. The award honors this map and its producers among the three “regional” IMIA organizations (Europe, Americas, Asia-Pacific) and was awarded this week at the IMIA Asia-Pacific conference in Brisbane. A resounding congratulations to… 
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We’ve completely revised our Colorado Road & Recreation Atlas. This new 5th edition is the best recreation map book ever made for the Centennial State. Fully revised Landscape Maps that now feature: Ground cover or vegetation as the base layer, rather than elevation-based color.This brings the Colorado atlas in “base carto” alignment with several titles we’ve done this to in recent years with positive feedback and increased… 
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We are excited to announce the release of four new state Recreation Maps: Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. These titles represent an eastern expansion of our normal coverage area, and we’ve been fascinated by the wealth of recreation opportunities across the Great Plains.  

With the holidays in full swing, we thought we’d offer some guidance on what to do with your old maps and atlases to make room for new gifts on your shelf and in your glove compartment or travel pack. A Holiday garland: Here are some gift crafts: Make your own decorative bow             http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/16/make-your-own-gift-bows/ How about tags? http://bisonaustralia.blogspot.com/2011/06/tag-team.html Or wrapping paper: http://postcardsandpretties.blogspot.com/2011/08/faves-maps-globes.html

The one name most associated with road maps and road map collecting, above all others, is H.M. Gousha. In its 70 years, the H.M. Gousha Company printed over three and a half billion road maps and atlases for hundreds of customers. Yet very little is known about the early history of the company and even less about its founder, Harry Mathias Gousha II. At the upcoming West… 
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