Streetwise Las Vegas Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Las Vegas, Nevada [Map]

Streetwise Maps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2011

Streetwise Las Vegas Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Las Vegas, Nevada - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated monorail lines & stations - Las Vegas Strip Map

This map covers the following areas:
Main Las Vegas Map including the Las Vegas Strip 1:30,000
Las Vegas Area Map 1:200,000

Feeling lucky? Then take a trip to Las Vegas, the oasis in the middle of the Nevada desert. Not only can you take part in the betting thrills of America’s largest gaming town, but you can also take in Las Vegas’ world renowned cultural activities and eat some of the finest cuisine in the world. No other vacation can match up to the excitement and nightlife of Las Vegas, and if you’re planning a trip nothing will help you get around better than the STREETWISE® Las Vegas Strip Map.

Las Vegas isn’t just for the short term visitor. As one of the fastest growing cities in the country (they print the phone book twice a year!), Las Vegas welcomes thousands of new residents each year. Finding your way in this ever expanding sprawling metropolis can be quite a challenge. Our STREETWISE® Las Vegas Map simplifies the task by giving you a clear, concise picture of the strip and the city beyond. The area map will enable you to put it all into perspective. So, if you’re in town for a few days of R & R (rabblerousing and rejuvenation) or establishing your own oasis, the STREETWISE® Las Vegas Map will steer you in the right direction.

Our pocket size map of Las Vegas is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Las Vegas map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Las Vegas map today and you too can navigate Las Vegas, Nevada 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 (September 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886705852
• ISBN-13: 978-1886705852
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 3.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #172,498 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #49 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > United States > Regions > West
  • #93 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Reference > Atlases & Maps > Maps

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great walk-around map., March 16, 2009

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Timothy A. Pope "Stoneman" (Cumming,, GA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Streetwise Las Vegas Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Las Vegas, Nevada (Map)

I plan to visit Las Vegas later this year. I used this series map in London and Paris on previous trips. These maps usually show PART of a city in detail (no suburbs) in a form that folds and is weather proof. This map is exactly what I wanted. There is a detailed map of the strip and entertainment locations, showing the casinos and hotels themselves. You can see what is across the street from where you're considering staying, how far you will have to walk to see everything you want to see, and all the locations with respect to the airport (McCarran). Turn the map over and see the city on a smaller scale, showing more of the city around the strip, etc. If you are visiting your brother-in-law in one of the suburbs, you will have to buy a second map, but this gives me everything I want and need.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars love the laminated, March 10, 2011

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Heidi A. Blank (Milwaukee, Wi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streetwise Las Vegas Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Las Vegas, Nevada (Map)

I loved the map but I wanted more of the city since we have been to Vegas several times, but definitley helpful and easy to read!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great tourist guide, December 8, 2009

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Yichun Li "Pipica" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Streetwise Las Vegas Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Las Vegas, Nevada (Map)

Very helpful for a first time tourist in Vegas. Very easy to find all the major attractions, and good scale for estimating walking time.