The Map Catalog: Every Kind of Map and Chart on Earth and Even Some Above It

by Joel Makower

This unique sourcebook for map lovers is newly revised in a third edition that includes more maps than ever before. In addition to a profusion of road maps, aerial maps, geological maps, historical maps, weather maps, nautical maps, military maps, census maps, and astronomical maps, this third revised edition contains:
-- the most current maps of Russia and Eastern Europe;
-- a new section on the age of exploration;
-- the most up-to-date information about map software;
-- a completely new section on how to have a professional map made;
-- the latest information about the new generation of maps based on the 1990 census.

Whether you want maps of airports or zip codes, highways, hurricanes, or hidden treasure, The Map Catalog is the book for you.

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

364 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

This catalog was published in 1992, which is precisely why I got it last year for two bucks. I purchased it as reference material for my experimental mapping projects. Published well before digital on-line archives were accessible (and costly), this book is a record of the records, 364 pages of map typology descriptions and contact information for makers and organizations. Its the sort of item that belongs in the Prelinger Library, a resource that is discarded yet still very valid. And, it is much more concrete than the slipping links and missing images of the future.