September 2019 Newsletter
IMIA at the Frankfurt Bookfair IMIA members will be exhibiting in our collective booth at the Frankfurt Bookfair , October 16-20,
Map collection worth an estimated $100M donated to University of Southern Maine
A map collection worth an estimated $100m is donated to the University of Southern Maine. Read more here.
The Importance of Digital and Paper Maps
Two interesting articles were published recently highlighting the importance of paper and digital maps. Outside magazine described well the benefit of large format
National Geographic is Featured in Dirt Rag Mountain Bike Magazine
IMIA sponsor and member, National Geographic, is featured in this month's issue of Dirt Rag Mountain Bike Magazine. "The Power of Paper Maps"
Authoritative Trails and the Business of Maps
Sunday October 22, 2017 9am-Noon in Ketchum 1B64 For years, OSM has been known as the defacto standard repository for trail mapping data,
Geografia Products from ALEX
About the Geografia products: These products are paper crafts that combine geometric beauty in two or three dimensions and geographical beauty of a
Print Maps Give you the Big Picture-There’s Nothing like It Online
Williams & Heintz Map won a 2017 Q Award from the Printing and Graphics Association Mid-Atlantic, (PGAMA) for printing Tom Hedberg’s College
Introduction of ALEX corporation, ALEXCIOUS shopping site, AuthaGraph and Geographia
The ALEX Corporation is very glad to join the IMIA as a new member. ALEX Corporation was founded in 2010 by Koichiro Tsujino, the
Best Practices for Processing and Importing Maps into the Avenza Maps App
Avenza Maps is capable of importing and displaying georeferenced maps in several different formats. The app processes a
“In the Hands of Users” by Mike Senn, part of the IMIA Blog Series “What is a Map?”
What is a map? As I pondered – and indeed struggled – with this question, I considered the many different ways I’ve used