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I suppose it had to happen...With the adult coloring book trend skyrocketing throughout the publishing world, it was only a matter of time before a mapmaker joined in. "City Maps, A Coloring Book for Adults", by Gretchen Peterson. Maybe it's more relaxing color an intricate city map than a complex mandala. Certainly a good way to engage in a city before visiting it!  Save

Cooking With Kids, a beautiful set of cookbooks for the classroom.  And these are not just cookbooks, they are fully fleshed out curriculum for grades K-6. The cooking lessons incorporate Art, Literacy, Math, Health curriculum for specific grades.  With great advice on safety, teamwork, shopping, and planning. And the recipes actually look great! Our favorite part - of course - is the use of maps.  Kids get to see a map of the region or country where a food originated. A helpful aid for promoting geographic understanding. Thanks to Cooking With Kids for using Map Resources maps in such a...

Today, the 2016 Olympic Games officially start in Rio with the opening ceremony at the Maracana Stadium. The attention of the world will be focused on the amazing competition between athletes from 206 nations, plus a refugee team.  Athletes will be competing in 28 sports, plus 2 new sports - golf and rugby sevens. Check the official IOC site for details on games, schedules, locations & more. But for maps, look to Map Resources because we've got lots – Rio de Janiero and Brazil.

TV and movie producers love Map Resources because maps make fantastic set dressing. And because Map Resources offers broadcast licensing with lots of permissions included, at super-reasonable rates.  Licenses can be added to any map at time of purchase.  Plus you can submit releases for quick turn-around signature. See who's using Map Resources

Could be more accurately titled, "Don't ALWAYS Make a Map". Here's some useful advice for all you data mappers out there. It's cautionary tale about things that can go wrong with an informative map.  Spatial visualizations that don't convey the right idea, data quality problems, and my favorite, the "fruity pebbles" problem.  That is, choropleth maps with too many categories and no meaningful geospatial patterns. The push is on for more support graphics, and maps certainly make outstanding infographics, but not if the mapmaker isn't thinking clearly about the message. Click here for WAOP Presentation.