World Classic, Pacific Centered
Expertly researched and designed, National Geographic's World Wall Map is the authoritative map of the world by which other reference maps are measured.Product Features: Signature Classic style map with bright, easy to read color palette with blue oceans and colorful bordersUnique Pacific-centered view accentuates the Pacific Rim and focuses on Asia, Oceania, and the full breadth of the Pacific Ocean. Background shows mountain ranges and valleys in subtle shaded relief with mountain ranges labeled Major water bodies including rivers, lakes, glaciers, oceans, seas, gulfs, bays, straits, and bathymetryClearly defined international boundaries, cities, islands, airports, and physical featuresThousands of place names carefully and artfully placed to maintain legibility in heavily populated areasUp-to-date international boundaries and territorial control reflect de facto status on the groundMeticulously researched using multiple authoritative sources including the U.N., U.S. Board on Geographic Names, and policies of individual governments.Accurate place names use a combination of conventional English names, official national names, and standard transliterations for non-Latin alphabets. Drawn in Winkel Tripel projection with distortions minimized unlike other World maps (e.g. Greenland is shown the same size as Argentina, not South America)Corner inset maps feature vegetation, land use, population density, and north and south polar regionsThe map is encapsulated in heavy-duty 1.6 mil laminate which makes the paper much more durable and resistant to the swelling and shrinking caused by changes in humidity. Laminated maps can be framed without the need for glass, so the frames can be much lighter and less expensive. Map Scale = 1:29,820,000Sheet Size = 46" x 30.5"
National Geographic: The Milky Way Wall Map (31.25 X 20.25 Inches)
This computer-generated image of the Milky Way shows the entire galaxy in one perspective of a 3-D model compiled specially for National Geographic. The model incorporates the positions of hundreds of thousands of stars and nebulae within the galaxy, shows Earth's location, and includes additional photographs, descriptions and locations of fascinating phenomena throughout the Milky Way.The map is packaged in a two inch diameter tube with a label showing a thumbnail of the map with dimensions and other pertinent information.Sheet Size = 31.25" x 20.25"
National Geographic: Earth at Night Wall Map (35 X 22.25 Inches)
This intriguing map reveals in stunning detail the pulsating lights of the Earth at night. See where populations are most and least concentrated. The rare view is a composite image made by three satellites on cloud-free nights over a one-year period. In addition to showing lighted areas of the Earth, this map also features where fires rage and natural gas burn-off and night fishing locations.The map is packaged in a two inch diameter tube with a label showing a thumbnail of the map with dimensions and other pertinent information.Sheet Size = 35" x 22.25"
National Geographic: Australia Classic Wall Map (30.25 X 27 Inches)
National Geographic's wall map of Australia is one of the most authoritative maps of the "Land Down Under." The Classic style map uses a bright color palette featuring blue oceans and stunning shaded relief that has been a signature of National Geographic wall maps for over 75 years. This map features thousands of place names, including primary and secondary towns, accurate boundaries, parks and protected areas, aboriginal lands, and transportation infrastructure such as airports and highways. Australia's famous coastal reefs including the extraordinary Great Barrier Reef are shown as well. Coverage also includes Tasmania and the Coral Sea Islands.The map is packaged in a two inch diameter tube with a label showing a thumbnail of the map with dimensions and other pertinent information.Map Scale = 1:6,413,000Sheet Size = 30.25" x 27"
National Geographic Adventure Map Baja South
- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Travel MapLocated in Northwestern Mexico, the Baja California Peninsula is a popular travel destination for its abundant recreation and conservation opportunities. National Geographic's Baja South Adventure Map covers with unparalleled detail the state of Baja California Sur, in more sparsely populated southern half of the peninsula are some of the Gulf of California Islands. The northern side of the map covers the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco, Bahia Loreto and El Vizcaino. The southern side covers the state capital La Paz, Cabo San Lucas, San Jose del Cabo and Corredor Los Cabos. Inset maps give extensive detail to these popular areas. Cultural, historical, recreational and ecological points of interest, a road network and topographic features are all combined on this easy to use and expertly researched map. With such specialized content, this map is the perfect compliment to any guidebook. Pinpointed are missions, ruins, museums, lighthouses, scenic viewpoints, wildlife viewing spots, beaches and areas for surfing, diving, fishing, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing, snorkeling and whale watching. The detailed road network includes not only major highways and toll roads but also gravel and dirt roads, to help you get off the beaten path. Moreover, a table of distances is provided as are ferry routes, railroads and an index of protected areas and select towns.Every Adventure Map is printed on durable synthetic paper, making them waterproof, tear-resistant and tough -- capable of withstanding the rigors of international travel.Map Scale = 1:450,000 & 1:75,000Sheet Size = 37.75" x 25.5"Folded Size = 4.25" x 9.25"
Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Topographic MapThe magnificent Multnomah Falls is just one of many natural, cultural, and recreational attractions in the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area. The 80-mile-long gorge contains diverse ecosystems ranging from the lush Oneonta Gorge Rain Forest to the arid Celilo Grasslands. Expertly researched and created in partnership with local land management agencies, National Geographic's Trails Illustrated map of Columbia River Gorge provides an unparalleled tool for exploring this breathtaking region. Some of the key areas of interest featured on the map include the White Salmon, Klickitat, Sandy, and Lower Deschutes rivers; Yacolt Burn State Forest; Maryhill, Columbia Hills, and Rooster Rock state parks; Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness; and portions of Mount Hood and Gifford-Pinchot national forests. With miles of clearly marked trails including the Pacific Crest National Trail and the Oregon National Historic Trail, and such scenic roadways as the Historic Columbia River Highway and Yakima Scenic Byway, this map will prove invaluable whether you're taking in the scenery on foot or by car. A helpful list of waterfalls makes it easy to take in these natural wonders in your travels. Many recreation features are noted as well, including campgrounds, trailheads, interpretive trails, boat launches, and areas for fishing, windsurfing, and swimming. The map base includes contour lines and elevations for summits. Every Trails Illustrated map is printed on "Backcountry Tough" waterproof, tear-resistant paper. A full UTM grid is printed on the map to aid with GPS navigation.Other features found on this map include: Bonneville Dam, Bull Run Reservoir Number One, Camas, Columbia Hills, Deschutes River, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Gresham, Hood River, Klickitat River, Lake Celilo, Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness, Mount Defiance, Mt. Hood National Forest, Multnomah Falls, Shellrock Mountain, The Dalles, Troutdale, Washougal, White Salmon River.Map Scale = 1:75,000Sheet Size = 37.75" x 25.5"Folded Size = 4.25" x 9.25"
Pocket World Atlas
A handy pocket-sized book, conveniently bound in a durable yet flexible laminated cover, this new edition of the Pocket World Atlas contains full-color digitally produced maps as well as the latest statistics for countries and cities. The maps are carefully colored to show terrain as well as elevation, and the latest changes to major transportation routes and administrative boundaries are clearly depicted. A 64-page index follows the maps and contains more than 15,000 entries of places and geographical features, and the atlas also boasts such unique features as 24 city plans, a gazetteer of nations, maps of time zones and flight paths, and world climate averages.
National Geographic Trails Illustrated Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee/Nort
- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Topographic MapAmerica's most visited national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Great Smoky Mountains National Park is both renowned for its diversity of plant and animal life and rich in remnants of Southern Appalachian mountain culture. National Geographic's Trails Illustrated map of the park combines unparalleled detail and valuable information for outdoor enthusiasts seeking to explore all the area has to offer with particular attention shown to backcountry campsites, shelters, and stream crossings. A detailed profile of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, which snakes along the ridge of the Great Smoky Mountains, provides a handy tool for hikers. The map features many key points of interest as well, including Cades Cove, Fontana Lake, Maryville, and Gatlinburg. With over 800 miles of mapped trails, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park map can guide you off the beaten path and back again. The clearly marked trails include mileages between intersections. The map base includes contour lines and elevations for summits, passes and many lakes. Some of the many recreation features include: visitor centers, campgrounds, trail shelters, trailheads, boat ramps, scenic overlooks, interpretive trails and quiet walkways.Every Trails Illustrated map is printed on "Backcountry Tough" waterproof, tear-resistant paper. A full UTM grid is printed on the map to aid with GPS navigation.Other features found on this map include: Cherokee National Forest, Chilhowee Mountain, Kuwohi, Fontana Lake, Great Smoky Mountains, Maryville, Mount Chapman, Mount Le Conte, Nantahala National Forest, Newfound Gap, Old Black, Pisgah National Forest, Waynesville.Map Scale = 1:70,000Sheet Size = 37.75" x 25.5"Folded Size = 4.25" x 9.25"
National Geographic: World Satellite Wall Map (43.5 X 30.5 Inches)
National Geographic's striking satellite map of The World is a visually stunning image that makes a wonderful addition to the wall of any office or study. This detailed composite map draws from more than 500 satellite images to give one-kilometer detail and consistent representation of Earth's natural colors and terrain. Inset maps detail the biosphere, surface temperature, and the polar regions. The beauty and complexity of Earth's landscapes, both above and below the oceans, is revealed with the Global Satellite Mosaic which was produced for National Geographic Society by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.The map is packaged in a two inch diameter tube with a label showing a thumbnail of the map with dimensions and other pertinent information.Map Scale = 1:38,931,000Sheet Size = 43.5" x 30.5"
Google Maps Hacks
Want to find every pizza place within a 15-mile radius? Where the dog parks are in a new town? The most central meeting place for your class, club or group of friends? The cheapest gas stations on a day-to-day basis? The location of convicted sex offenders in an area to which you may be considering moving? The applications, serendipitous and serious, seem to be infinite, as developers find ever more creative ways to add to and customize the satellite images and underlying API of Google Maps. Written by Schuyler Erle and Rich Gibson, authors of the popular Mapping Hacks, Google Maps Hacks shares dozens of tricks for combining the capabilities of Google Maps with your own datasets. Such diverse information as apartment listings, crime reporting or flight routes can be integrated with Google's satellite imagery in creative ways, to yield new and useful applications. The authors begin with a complete introduction to the "standard" features of Google Maps. The adventure continues with 60 useful and interesting mapping projects that demonstrate ways developers have added their own features to the maps. After that's given you ideas of your own, you learn to apply the techniques and tools to add your own data to customize and manipulate Google Maps. Even Google seems to be tacitly blessing what might be seen as unauthorized use, but maybe they just know a good thing when they see one. With the tricks and techniques you'll learn from Google Maps Hacks, you'll be able to adapt Google's satellite map feature to create interactive maps for personal and commercial applications for businesses ranging from real estate to package delivery to home services, transportation and more. Includes a foreword by Google Maps tech leads, Jens and Lars Rasmussen.
Atlas of Cork City
The evolution of Cork city is traced through a wide-ranging series of texts, and through a rich tapestry of images, including photographs, archival material, satellite images, and artwork.* The atlas provides the reader with one of the most comprehensive collection of historic maps on Cork.* It brings together for the first time specialists from a wide range of disciplines (including geographers, historians, and archaeologists), who explore the city and its development over time.* Lavishly illustrated, the atlas offers the reader a timely and unique guide to Cork and its transformation.A unique project, marking Cork's designation as European Capital of Culture in 2005, the Atlas provides the reader with a range of perspectives on the city and its development over time. It is not an atlas in the conventional sense, as it is not solely reliant on maps, though there are many of these, both historical and specially commissioned for the volume.The initial chapters place the city in its environmental setting. Subsequent chapters trace its physical and cultural development over time. With over fifty contributors from a wide range of disciplines offering forty chapters and a fascinating series of case studies, the range is remarkable and the topics covered often surprising. Over 200 maps cover everything from geology, through evolving street patterns, to the distribution of Gaelic Athletic Association clubs.Given its significant maritime heritage, Cork has been shaped by both external and internal influences, and the cityscape bears the imprint of the various peoples who have lived and settled there. This is not just one story, but a myriad of stories, some better known than others, but all contributing to the making and remaking of the city--a city continually in transition. The atlas also provides its readers and planners with an opportunity to reflect in a more informed way on Cork's future development.
Anza-borrego Desert Region Map
Find your way in California's beautiful desert region with this large, foldout topographic map.A vast and intriguing landscape, the Anza-Borrego Desert Region harbors a rich variety of desert plants and animals. Prepare for adventure as you explore the best of over 1 million acres of desert lands and adjoining mountainous areas that include Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the Yuha Desert, Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area, Bow Willow, Split Mountain and Fish Creek, and the Coyote Mountains.Discover the best hikes with this four-color topographic map. The detailed map is 28" x 21.25", and it contains all the information you need to explore. On one side, the map features a view of the vast region--from the Cleveland National Forest to the Salton Sea. The other side presents detail maps of Borrego Mountain and Ocotillo Wells, Split Mountain and Fish Creek Wash, the Coyote Mountains, and the Bow Willow area.This beautiful map shows every major road (along with minor and unpaved roads), and it includes trails, trailheads, campgrounds, mines and quarries, ranger stations, waterways, peaks, and more. The map is a wonderful supplement to the guidebook Anza-Borrego Desert Region (not included).When you're finished, fold the map back to the convenient size of 5.3" x 7". It is lightweight, durable, waterproof, and it fits in your backpack or back pocket. So you can carry it with you on your adventures! Use the map alone, or pair it with the book for even more great information.
Maps, Myths, and Men
The "V穩nland Map" first surfaced on the antiquarian market in 1957 and the map's authenticity has been hotly debated ever since-in controversies ranging from the anomalous composition of the ink and the map's lack of provenance to a plethora of historical and cartographical riddles. Maps, Myths, and Men is the first work to address the full range of this debate.
National Geographic Trails Illustrated Topographic Maps Yellowstone & Grand Teton National
- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Topographic MapsYellowstone National Park was the world's first national park and covers 3,500 square miles. Just to the south of Yellowstone, are the jagged peaks of Grand Teton National Park. The Map Pack Bundle includes maps of both of these iconic parks. Each park has its own character with Yellowstone's mighty falls, massive lake and dramatic geisers. Not to be overlooked, the Teton Range of Grand Teton National Park juts almost vertically from Jackson Lake. The two maps in the Map Pack cover the many thousands of square miles and show popular tourist destinations as well as the deep backcountry where only the hardcore backpacker will be seen. The maps include detailed trail networks with points of interest such as campgrounds, boat ramps, ski areas, and many more.The Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks Map Pack includes: Map 201:: Yellowstone National ParkMap 202:: Grand Teton National ParkEvery Trails Illustrated map is printed on "Backcountry Tough" waterproof, tear-resistant paper. A full UTM grid is printed on the map to aid with GPS navigation.Map Scale = 1:126,720 & 1:80,000Sheet Size = 37.75" x 25"Folded Size = 4.25" x 9.25"
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Yellowstone National Park [map Pack Bundle]
- Waterproof - Tear-Resistant - Topographic MapsAt over 3,500 square miles the size of Yellowstone National Park is hard to absorb. This four title Map Pack Bundle helps to bring this enormous park into sharper focus. Each map covers a section of the park but still provides enough overlap with the adjacent maps to allow all four to be used easily. The maps cover the different areas of the park so that a visitor can move easily from geysers to lakes to waterfalls to the deep backcountry. One of the main draws of Yellowstone National Park is the wildlife, these maps clearly show the Bear Management Areas that have been established to reduce the conflict between humans and the large bear population. The maps include trails with mileages between intersections as well as numerous points of interest such as campgrounds, visitor centers, trailheads, and many more.The Yellowstone National Park Map Pack includes: Map 302:: Old Faithful: Yellowstone National Park SWMap 303:: Mammoth Hot Springs: Yellowstone National Park NWMap 304:: Tower, Canyon: Yellowstone National Park NEMap 305:: Yellowstone Lake: Yellowstone National Park SEEvery Trails Illustrated map is printed on "Backcountry Tough" waterproof, tear-resistant paper. A full UTM grid is printed on the map to aid with GPS navigation.Map Scale = 1:70,000Sheet Size = 37.75" x 25.5"Folded Size = 4" x 7.5"
