Streetwise Atlanta Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Atlanta, Georgia - Folding pocket size travel map with Marta metro lines [Folded Map] [Map]

Streetwise Maps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2006

For the latest edition of this product search for ISBN: 9781931257404

Streetwise Atlanta Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Atlanta, Georgia - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated Marta lines & stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main Atlanta Map 1:33,000
Atlanta Area Map 1:170,000
Downtown Atlanta Map 1:24,000

Known as the capital of the South, Atlanta, Georgia is a booming metropolis fueled by growth. The STREETWISE® Atlanta Map will guide you through all of the major neighborhoods and sites of this hot southern city.

The center of Atlanta is Five Points, the star-shaped intersection formed by several major streets. East of Downtown, Sweet Auburn is the city’s African-American neighborhood. North of Sweet Auburn is Little Five Points, the center of Atlanta’s college and hip set. North of Downtown, Midtown is an upmarket entertainment and nightlife area. The West End, west of Downtown, is Atlanta’s oldest neighborhood. Further north is Buckhead, an upscale residential and business center. The list of places to visit and featured on the STREETWISE® map of Atlanta goes on and on.

The Atlanta Area Map will get you in, out and around the city. Whether you are driving the perimeter (I-285) or heading to and from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, this detailed metro map navigates you around the region. The Marta mass transit system is conveniently overlaid on both main and area maps for those committed to travel by mass transit. A complete index of streets, hotels, points of interest, shopping, education, culture, transportation and parks is clearly listed on this laminated and easy to read Atlanta map.

Our pocket size map of Atlanta is also laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Atlanta map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Atlanta map today and you too can navigate Atlanta, Georgia like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the Amazon search bar.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Don't leave home without STREETWISE.' --The New York Times

'STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential.' --Travel + Leisure Magazine

'In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE.' --Chicago Daily Herald

About the Author

STREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We’ve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you’ve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.

The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970’s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.

After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.

He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.

More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.

Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.

Today, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.

Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn’t match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we’ve done the work, now you have the adventure.

In the end, it’s not about the map, it’s about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It’s about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE® is the great map that you need.

Product Details

• Map: 1 pages
• Publisher: Streetwise Maps; Revised 2006 edition (December 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935039643
• ISBN-13: 978-0935039641
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,509,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Bad Map, February 5, 2003

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Buzz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Atlanta Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Atlanta, Georgia - Folding pocket size travel map with Marta metro lines (Map)

I really hate this map.
It does not have all teh areas of Atlanta.
I like the Rand Mcnally map coated with plastic one.
Dont buy this one.
It just doesnot have enough details.
Buy the Rand Mcnally plastic coated one.

Also dont buy Rand Mcnally paper map if you llive in Atlanta. It will get torn very soon.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good enought to not be lost, March 8, 2007

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Juan Carlos Marciales Parra - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streetwise Atlanta Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Atlanta, Georgia - Folding pocket size travel map with Marta metro lines (Map)

It is ok for the traveler, but probably you will never will use it. If you have to, you are really lost..

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Substandard, February 5, 2008

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tzara "yoyodyne_recycled" (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Atlanta Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Atlanta, Georgia - Folding pocket size travel map with Marta metro lines (Map)

Streetwise maps do not present many streets so they are not very wise regarding streets or anything else. Avoid. The older Gousha Fastmaps were by far the best laminated travel city maps available but no longer seem to be produced, so we're stuck with Rand McNally EasyFinders, which are better than the Streetwise maps--but it would be hard not to produce a map better than those.