Streetwise Seattle Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Seattle, Washington - Folding pocket size travel map with monorail & streetcar lines [Folded Map] [Map]

Streetwise Maps (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2012

Streetwise Seattle Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Seattle, Washington - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated monorail & streetcar lines & stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main Seattle Map 1:14,000
Seattle Area Map 1:140,000
Seattle Street System Guide Map

Called the Emerald City, Seattle sits like a guarded jewel. Practically surrounded by water and ringed by the Cascade Mountains, this city enjoys an enviable position as both a cosmopolitan center and an outdoor paradise. Next door is the most successful high technology industry in the world, Microsoft and the wettest spot on earth, the Olympic Peninsula. All of this converges in Seattle Washington and translates into a local culture that is young, vibrant and energetic, fueled by the caffeine jolt supplied by native barista baron, Starbucks.

The STREETWISE® map of Seattle showcases the center city and downtown area stretched along Elliott Bay. You can easily locate Pike s Place Historic District and Market, one of the well known landmarks within the city where you can watch the fish vendors enthusiastically toss salmon back and forth. What a sport! Seattle Center, just west of downtown is where you’ll find the Space Needle, Memorial Stadium and the Experience Music Project, a mecca for Jimi Hendrix fans and a celebration of diverse music.

An area map of Seattle extends from Lake City in the North to Sea-Tac Airport in the south, from Bellevue to Puget Sound. A complete index of streets, hotels, points of interest, shopping, education, culture, transportation and parks is clearly listed on the STREETWISE® Seattle Map. An inset explains how the Seattle street system works so that you ll know the difference between South, South West and South East.

Our pocket size map of Seattle is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Seattle map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Seattle map today and you too can navigate Seattle, Washington 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 (January 1, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0935039554
• ISBN-13: 978-0935039559
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 3.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,665 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > Travel > United States > States > Washington
  • #4 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Travel > United States > Regions > West
  • #12 in Books > Travel > United States > States > New York

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clearest foldable map of downtown Seattle!, December 10, 2005

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B. Andrews (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streetwise Seattle Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Seattle, Washington - Folding pocket size travel map with monorail & streetcar lines (Map)

Before heading into Seattle as an intern this summer, I bought a few foldable maps - each with different strengths and weaknesses. By the end of the summer, the only map living in the front seat of my MINI Cooper was this one. I love it because the streets are clearly labeled. I love it because it shows some of the surrounding neighborhoods, not just the main downtown area. And most of all, I love it because it shows the on and offramps for the freeway. How many times have you hit a bizarre interchange and not known what lane to be in, or been stuck in a maze of one-way streets? This map is absolutely the clearest at indicating directionality of streets, and that's a good thing because Seattle is a pretty messy city to get around in by car.

Combine this map with one of the bound King/Pierce/Snohomish County "map books" that are sold at most big box stores in the metro area with detailed grid maps of the entire area, and you'll never get lost. Highly recommended!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Downtown Details Only and No Capitol Hill, May 4, 2010

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Jesse D "Jesse D" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Streetwise Seattle Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Seattle, Washington - Folding pocket size travel map with monorail & streetcar lines (Map)

I am a fan of the Streetwise map series, but this is a lackluster installment.
The map covers downtown Seattle well, but the detail stops at Broadway. The backside of the map provides only main arteries and a topographic overview of the extended Seattle area.
Unlike the San Francisco Streetwise map (which is excellent), the Seattle map does not include bus routes.
There are better (and cheaper) maps of downtown Seattle available.
Still, if you're only planning on visiting the downtown this map is useful and the lamination is nice for plotting routes with a dry-erase marker.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Follow, May 21, 2009

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Cole Buchanan "Cole" (Crested Butte, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streetwise Seattle Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Seattle, Washington - Folding pocket size travel map with monorail & streetcar lines (Map)

I used this all the time while I was in Seattle. It is so easy to read and really helps you get around. Also, small enough so you don't bring too much attention to yourself when trying not to look like a tourist who has no idea where they are going!