The thing to know about AAA is it's a federation of clubs and territories plus the national org, not just the national org. Across the US many of those clubs used to make their own maps, or contracted regionally. And then the national org would fill in with their in-house cartographic department (plus they made all the national level maps). California is split into two AAA clubs: CSAA and ACSC. When I was at CSAA from around 1998 - 2008 we were one of 3 clubs that still had in-house cartographic departments (CSAA, ACSC and Ohio I think). When CSAA closed the cartographic department around 2008 most of our map files went to the national clubs cart dept. in Florida. But I think they (CSAA) continued to use at least one small map producer for some of the local maps. Can't recall the name. As far as I know, most maps across the various clubs are now made at the national org with a few regional and local maps being produced by smaller vendors. As of a few years back ACSC was possibly the only club left that still made all their maps in-house in a quasi manual method (non GIS). David David Medeiros Geospatial Reference & Instruction Specialist Stanford Geospatial Center 650.561.5294 @mapbliss SGC website: gis.stanford.edu GIS cartography: bit.ly/giscart<http://bit.ly/giscart><http://bit.ly/giscart> GIS email list: bit.ly/GISlist ________________________________ From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Angela R Cope <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2023 10:09 AM To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Paper maps making a come back There was an interesting segment on the Today show earlier this week regarding paper maps. The story mentions AAA maps and I'm wondering if anyone knows who is making AAA maps these days. They used to have a contract with Seeger, but if you recall, Seeger closed their business in 2020. AAA continues to make maps - University of Illinois has cataloged a number of them. Here's the video to the paper map story: https://www.today.com/video/why-sales-of-paper-maps-are-surging-161227333515 [https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_social_share_1200x630_center,f_auto,q_auto:best/mpx/2704722219/2023_01/1674478745149_tdy_news_7a_brock_paper_maps_230123_1920x1080-isdslg.jpg]<https://www.today.com/video/why-sales-of-paper-maps-are-surging-161227333515> Why sales of paper maps are surging - today.com<https://www.today.com/video/why-sales-of-paper-maps-are-surging-161227333515> A combination of maps as art and a search for a bigger picture from young travelers has sparked a significant jump in the sales of paper maps. NBC’s Sam Brock reports for TODAY on the recent surge. www.today.com Angie Cope AGS Library, UW Milwaukee Libraries 2311 E. Hartford Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211 <http://www.uwm.edu/libraries>http://uwm.edu/libraries/agsl/ M-F 8:00am-4:30pm [log in to unmask] Personal phone: (414) 251-7608 AGSL phone: (414)229-6282 43°03'8"N 87°57'21"W