Easy Reading Road Atlas 2013

"40% larger print than a standard atlas."

Rand McNally Road Atlas Midsize has the value price and convenient size of our Midsize Road Atlas make it an easy and handy backseat or briefcase reference. You'll still find everything you need, just at a smaller size.

Provides detailed road maps for each state and province as well as major cities of the United States.

Updated annually by the most trusted name in travel, the AAA Easy Reading Road Atlas provides comprehensive map coverage for the U.S. and Canada, plus capital cities in Mexico and Puerto Rico. The atlas features crisply defined roads, handy driving distance charts and several two-page maps for better scale. And, it's all in an easy-to-read type 40 percent LARGER than our standard road atlas.

This is the 90th anniversary edition of the most trusted and best-selling US atlas on the market made portable. Updated North American atlas contains maps of every U.S. state and Canadian province conveniently packaged for travel. Road construction projects and updates highlighted for every state and conveniently located above the maps. Contains mileage chart showing distances between 77 North American cities and national parks with driving times map. Includes coupons to use on your next road trip. Spiral binding allows the book to lay open easily.

The National Geographic Kids Ultimate U.S. Road Trip Atlas includes easy-to-read, simple road maps of each state and Washington, D. C., along with a map of the United States. State symbols, cool things to do, boredom busters, fun facts, wacky roadside attractions and games accompany the maps and provide engaging information with stunning photographs that will keep kids busy for hours.

Originally published to wide acclaim, this lively, cleverly illustrated essay on the use and abuse of maps teaches us how to evaluate maps critically and promotes a healthy skepticism about these easy-to-manipulate models of reality. Monmonier shows that, despite their immense value, maps lie. In fact, they must. The second edition is updated with the addition of two new chapters, 10 color plates, and a new foreword by renowned geographer H. J. de Blij. One new chapter examines the role of national interest and cultural values in national mapping organizations, including the United States Geological Survey, while the other explores the new breed of multimedia, computer-based maps. To show how maps distort, Monmonier introduces basic principles of mapmaking, gives entertaining examples of the misuse of maps in situations from zoning disputes to census reports, and covers all the typical kinds of distortions from deliberate oversimplifications to the misleading use of color. "Professor Monmonier himself knows how to gain our attention; it is not in fact the lies in maps but their truth, if always approximate and incomplete, that he wants us to admire and use, even to draw for ourselves on the facile screen. His is an artful and funny book, which like any good map, packs plenty in little space."—Scientific American "A useful guide to a subject most people probably take too much for granted. It shows how map makers translate abstract data into eye-catching cartograms, as they are called. It combats cartographic illiteracy. It fights cartophobia. It may even teach you to find your way. For that alone, it seems worthwhile."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times ". . . witty examination of how and why maps lie. [The book] conveys an important message about how statistics of any kind can be manipulated. But it also communicates much of the challenge, aesthetic appeal, and sheer fun of maps. Even those who hated geography in grammar school might well find a new enthusiasm for the subject after reading Monmonier's lively and surprising book."—Wilson Library Bulletin "A reading of this book will leave you much better defended against cheap atlases, shoddy journalism, unscrupulous advertisers, predatory special-interest groups, and others who may use or abuse maps at your expense."—John Van Pelt, Christian Science Monitor "Monmonier meets his goal admirably. . . . [His] book should be put on every map user's 'must read' list. It is informative and readable . . . a big step forward in helping us to understand how maps can mislead their readers."—Jeffrey S. Murray, Canadian Geographic

Provides detailed road maps for the states, provinces, and major cities in North America.