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Rand McNally provides mapping, software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation and education markets. Founded in 1856, the company is known for its atlases, road maps, globes, and random number books.
Thomas Guide is a series of paperback, spiral-bound atlases featuring detailed street maps of various large metropolitan areas in the United States. Learn about the origins, development, and changes of the Thomas Guide brand, from its creation in 1915 by George Coupland Thomas and his brothers to its acquisition by Rand McNally in 1999.
Lee Highway was a national auto trail in the US, named after Confederate leader Robert E. Lee. It connected New York and San Francisco via the South and Southwest, and was established in 1919-1923.
Blue Highways is a travel book by William Least Heat-Moon, who explored rural America on small roads in 1978. The book chronicles his encounters with people, culture and history along the way, and has inspired several follow-up projects and references.
A road map, route map, or street map is a map that primarily displays roads and transport links rather than natural geographical information. Learn about the history of road maps, from ancient Egypt to modern GPS, and the different types of road maps, such as highway maps, street maps, and atlases.
MapQuest offers online, mobile, business and developer solutions that help people discover and explore where they would like to go, how to get there and what to do along the way and at your destination.
The Ranally city rating system is a tool developed by Rand McNally & Co. to classify U.S. cities based on their economic function. The system is designed to reflect an underlying hierarchy whereby consumers and businesses go to a city of a certain size for a certain function; some functions are widely available and others are only available in the largest cities.
MapQuest is an American free online web mapping service launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. It offers various services and programs, such as driving directions, satellite imagery, buddy-finder, customized routes, and gas price comparison.