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Are you a paper map geek? - freeradical - 09-20-2017
Enjoy! And watch your wallet!
https://www.scheinandschein.com/
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - steve... - 09-21-2017
Not cheap but a little easier on your budget, a Raven Map has been on my wish list for quite a while.
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - Ombligo - 09-21-2017
I love maps and there are nice ones at reasonable prices. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) none that I want.
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - Speedy - 09-21-2017
Not those kind but I do carry a road atlas when I travel.
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - Buzz - 09-21-2017
Until the lady in the phone got good with maps, I swore by Thomas Guides (Thomas Bros. Maps). Here in SoCal, especially in real estate related industries Thomas Guide map page and grid coordinates were SOP for decades, a couple of which I spent in the mortgage biz. Also always carried whatever USA road atlas Costco had, and refreshed it every couple of years, passing the old ones on to relatives. Exotic old maps like the ones linked are interesting as heck, but I don't think there's room in our portfolio to dabble.
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Re: Are you a paper map geek? - mrbigstuff - 09-21-2017
Must see this shop if I get to San Francisco again. I'm a hardcore map geek.
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - lost in space - 09-21-2017
Love old maps.
One of my favorites was hanging on the wall of the geology department of the universtiy where I worked. It wasn't old, maybe 1980s, a plastic sort of 3d topographical map of the Pacific Inland Northwest. Somebody had poured epoxy in all the low areas, showing the path of the Missoula Floods that took place between 13k and 15k years ago, when the ice dam that formed Lake Missoula broke several times, releasing water that carried house-sized boulders from Montana, down the Columbia Gorge past Portland to the Pacific Ocean.
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - Kraniac - 09-21-2017
I love maps period..i appreciate the convenience of having a map in my phone and all but nothing replaces a real map..
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - Dennis S - 09-21-2017
I love basic fold-up paper maps of each state. I would rather use them than my iPhone.
Re: Are you a paper map geek? - artie67 - 09-21-2017
I spend too much time at Old Maps Online.
http://www.oldmapsonline.org/
My wife scanned 40 plus pages of an aerial photo survey of the San Fernando Valley of 1952-54. On a side of a 55" tv box she overlapped the pages to make a complete picture of the valley. It shows the sources of water from the north, west, and south that feed the Los Angeles River. She then labeled the streets, creeks, washes and such.
It's a big hit with historical groups the older crowd who grew up here as she did.