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Subject: Re: [Fwd: World Mapping Project information request]
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:01:07 -0500
From: Omni Resources <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
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The cartography is new cartography, produced by a small group of German
cartographers, under the direction of Peter Rump. The line was started
in 1999 and initially marketed as "Ray Map House - World Mapping
Project" maps. Rump then purchased (or otherwise become affiliated
with) Reise Know-how , a major German travel map and guidebook publisher
and now markets the maps through them. There are now 82 maps in the
series, with more coming nearly every month. We have just started
importing and stocking the entire line of maps.
These are detailed maps that include elevation data, either as normal
contour lines or as hypsometric elevation data. Information included on
the maps is:
* Topography with contour lines or hypsometric contour lines
* Roads with distances between towns/villages
* Latitude & longitude grid
* Water depths off the coast
* National parks
* Points of interest such as lighthouses, windmills, viewpoints,
castles, airports, golf courses, caves, beaches and much more
* Bilingual legends
Sample images are available on our web site at:
http://www.omnimap.com/catalog/new/00-dec.htm#p5
Currently we sell these at $9.95 (Euro/$ exchange rate has hit hard).
A complete listing will be on our next New Arrivals listing.
Cheers
Russell Guy
At 03:08 PM 11/20/2003, you wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: World Mapping Project information request
> Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:43:56 -0500
> From: World of Maps Inc. <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: World of Maps Inc.
>
>
> ------------------
> Greetings mappers,
>
> I have a question for members of this list. We have recently received a
> new line of country and regional maps published in the U.K. by Rough
> Guides. These maps are of a good quality and level of detail, I shall
> provide a complete list below with the available titles, scale & ISBN's.
>
> What I find interesting but cannot track further information about is
> the description on the maps and in the promotional material that states
> the maps come from the "World Mapping Project, a consortium of German
> cartographers." An identifying symbol - logo of the World Mapping
> Project appears together with the Rough Guide Ltd. publishing
> information. I have not been able to find more information about this
> organization from regular sources.
>
> This past October at the Frankfurt Book fair we found a German publisher
> "REISE KNOW-HOW" that has a much larger collection of these "World
> Mapping Project" maps published with the REISE KNOW-HOW front cover. It
> is not uncommon for a map publisher to sell the cartography - art work
> and the exact same map can have different front covers, ISBN's and
> price.
>
> These maps appear genuinely new and I do not recognize the cartography
> as being existing cartography from ADAC, Freytag & Berndt, Michelin,
> Hallwag, Kummerley & Frey or other European map publishers that I am
> familiar with.
>
> Can anyone in Maps-L shed more light on the organization "World Mapping
> Project"?
>
> Faithfully,
> Brad Green
>
> --
> ========= World of Maps Inc. =========
> The Source for Geographic and Travel information
> 1235 Wellington St. Ottawa, ON, Canada, K1Y 3A3
> Telephone (613) 724-6776 -OR- 1-800-214-8524
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>
> Rough Guide rip-proof and water proof Country and Regional Maps
>
> Specifications
> Material: Rip-proof, waterproof 90gsm PolyartTM
> Size folded: 10" x 4"
> Size flat: 27.5" x 36.2"
> Double sided
> Price: $13.50CAD or US$ 8.95 each
>
> Cartography
> Mapping based on WGS 84 system
> Map projection: Lambert Conformal
> Larger-scale maps also feature a UTM grid
> Latitude -longitude grids
> Topographic mapping with timts and contour lines
> Innovative colouring: white for sea-level areas, darkening to grey;
> green and brown for relief
> Detailed road, rail, ferry and tourist information researched on the
> ground
> Exhaustive list of place names
> Places of interest in red refer to coverage in the relevant Rough Guide
> travel guide
>
> Andalucia and Costa Del Sol 1-84353-207-7 1:650,000
>
> Argentina 1-84353-231-X 1:2,000,000
>
> Australia 1-84353-208-5 1:4,500,000
>
> Baja California 1-84353-221-2 1:650,000
>
> Cuba 1-84353-209-3 1:850,000
>
> Cyprus 1-84353-232-8 1:250,000
>
> Dominican Republic 1-84353-223-9 1:450,000
>
> Egypt 1-84353-210-7 1:1,250,000
>
> Greece 1-84353-211-5 1:650,000
>
> Guatemala and Belize 1-84353-233-6 1:500,000Hawaiian Islands
> 1-84353-212-3 1:200,000
>
> Ireland 1-84353-214-X 1:350,000
>
> Mexico 1-84353-213-1 1:2,250,000
>
> Morocco 1-84353-215-8 1:1,000,000
>
> New Zealand 1-84353-224-7 1:1,000,000
>
> South Africa, Swaziland, and Lesotho 1-84353-225-5 1:1,700,000
>
> Sri Lanka 1-84353-226-3 1:500,000
>
> Tenerife 1-84353-234-4 1:120,000
>
> Thailand 1-84353-216-6 1:1,200,000
>
> Yukatàn Peninsula 1-84353-235-2 1:650,000
>
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