Streetwise Portland Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Portland, Oregon - Folding pocket size travel map with Max Light Rail map [Folded Map] [Map]

Streetwise Maps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2011

Streetwise Portland Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Portland, Oregon - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated Max Light Rail map featuring lines & stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main Portland Map 1:22,000
Downtown Portland Map 1:15,000
Portland Area Map 1:181,000
Mt Hood Area Map 1:460,000
Portland Max Light Rail Map

Portland, Design City USA, is what it could be called due to the energy, vitality, and overall positive state of mind found in this Northwest City. The city sits at the junction of two great rivers, the Columbia and the Willamette, and is surrounded by forests and vast stretches of greenery. That may not last as Portland is one of the fastest growing cities in the US. Go now and enjoy the greenery!

The STREETWISE® map of Portland Oregon is the tool you’ll need to navigate in and around Portland. Looking at the main map you’ll see the Willamette River divides the city into two major districts known as East side and West side. The West side is where the central business district is located as well as Old Town, and the Pearl District, which is trés hip and chic. The East side is mainly residential with a dash of trendy commercial retail mixed in. The inset map of Downtown Portland shows an orderly grid system on which we provide hotels, points of interest, museums and educational sites.

Our Portland Area map will navigate you in and around the region to such places as Portland International Airport, and the Mount Hood inset map. You’ll be able to take a day trip from the center of Portland to the Mt. Hood recreation area. Add in our Max Light Rail map and you are now empowered to master all the delights Portland has to offer.

A complete index of streets, hotels, points of interest, shopping, education, culture, transportation and parks is clearly listed on the STREETWISE® Portland Oregon Map.

Our pocket size map of Portland is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Portland map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Portland map today and you too can navigate Portland, Oregon 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" -- New York Times

"STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential" -- Travel & Leisure

"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 (April 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886705518
• ISBN-13: 978-1886705517
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #29,017 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Oregon
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We use this all of the time, September 2, 2005

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Novus Focus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Portland Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Portland, Oregon - Folding pocket size travel map with Max Light Rail map (Map)

This is a great portable map of the general area. It has nice detail of downtown. It is waterproof. It folds and unfolds easily. You can definitely use it while driving or walking downtown and you don't want to unfold some giant thing. It lists all of the stops of the MAX light-rail. It is not a detailed map of every street in the area but it shows you the major roads and highways in the area and good detail of downtown. It even tells you which are one-way streets and which direction they go, the numbers for freeway exits, and points out some highlights like the Japanese Gardens and Powells City of Books. If you want a detailed map of the entire area I suggest "The Thomas Guide 2006 Portland, Oregon: Street Guide (Portland Metro Area Street Guide and Directory)". The Thomas Guide is not good for a quick overview of the area but it details every little tiny road and between it and a phone book you can find anything. I recommend getting both.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to work with, August 10, 2006

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Pamela Sue (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Portland Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Portland, Oregon - Folding pocket size travel map with Max Light Rail map (Map)

I have a couple of these Streetwise Maps now and find them a joy to use. In Portland there are a few streets I can't find, so an index of some kind would be good. But generally they are so easy to work with - no complicating folding schemes - that I would recommend getting one today. I also have an Artwise Map of London by the same company. Terrific!

17 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy for house hunting!!! Its missing streets., August 5, 2003

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Joe F (Astoria, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Portland Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Portland, Oregon - Folding pocket size travel map with Max Light Rail map (Map)

This map is missing many many streets both in the index and the actual map. I agree its OK for walking around the metro area,
but if you're doing some serious 'locating' such as house or
apartment hunting then get the Rand McNally Portland EasyFinder.
It, too, is lamenated ISBN 0-528-99102-7