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Subject:        ngs maps online
Date:   Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:38:06 -0500
From:   Angie <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps-L



*From maps.com web site …*

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*Tooting Our Own Horn *

*Thursday, April 5, 2007*

When you tell someone that you work in the map industry you find out
that a lot of people love maps. Yes, maps can be very practical, but
they also act as a time machine, taking people back to a favorite
vacation or long-ago road trip or another country or time. A great
example of maps transcending utilitarian needs are the the folded map
supplements found in National Geographic Magazine since the 1890's (not
a typo). Each issue contained a contemporary map or thematic map or
historical map and everyone of them displayed qualities that transported
the viewer.

Last year the online commerce and digital mapping expertise of Maps.com
was put to use working with the great people at National Geographic Maps
in Evergreen, Colorado to bring their storied magazine map supplements
archive to life in a whole new way and NGMapCollection.com
<http://www.ngmapcollection.com/Index.aspx> was born. Maps.com used
high-resolution scans of the original folded map supplements to produce
never-before-available large format wall maps and "zoom-able" online
imagery that lets you see up close the detail of these cartographic
treasures.

If you are a fan of National Geographic or enjoy maps then
NGMapCollection.com <http://www.ngmapcollection.com/Index.aspx> is a
must-visit web site.