Washington, D. C. popout (USA PopOut Maps) [Folded Map] [Map]

Compass Maps (Author)

Book Description

Series: USA PopOut Maps | Publication Date: October 1, 2007

Unique small map that easily pops open, featuring details of Washington D.C.

Product Details

• Map: 2 pages
• Publisher: Compass Maps; Revised edition (October 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841393924
• ISBN-13: 978-1841393926
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 3.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,665,556 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best 7 bucks i ever spent!, July 30, 2006

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Elizabeth (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Washington, D. C. popout (USA PopOut Maps) (Map)

I moved to DC two weeks ago and went a week without this map and now a week with it. What a difference! At first, I was using a hodge-podge of metro foldouts, museum maps, and visitor guides. It was do-able, but messy and confusing and all the folding and unfolding was annoying and quickly dog-eared any maps I had.

I saw this pop up map in a store and got it because I thought it looked cute, but its dang useful and I take it everywhere, which it is small enough to do.

This is why its awesome:

- its sturdy and made with a cardboard cover that protects the inner maps
- its small and folds up to fit in a back pocket or purse, but expands to a nice size
- it has a full metro map on the back cover (exactly like the ones found on the trains)
- no folding! It pops out and pops back in, takes 1 second
- makes great use of space, a map on every surface except the front
- detailed with great information on the Mall area only on one map
- detail of old town Alexandra w/ bus routs and detail of Georgetown
- index of streets and places of interest with map coordinates on back of fold out maps (which makes them a little awkward to read)
- $6.95, how could you go wrong?
- dang it if it aint cute


Some things it might be lacking:

- it does not cover all that big of an area, but it gets 95% of what a tourist will visit
- no info on city buses at all, just metro trains
- the street maps shows the metro stops but not the lines of the routs
- it does not show where the outlets of the metro stations are, for example some metro stations are very large and have two or more outlets on different streets. This is small thing, but I had a map with this info on it and it was surprisingly very very useful

Even with these things "missing" I still gave it 5 stars because its super useful, nice looking, easy to read and use, and all for only 7 bucks! Also, they made great use of space on the map and if they added all of those things it would be a confusing mess or wayyy bigger. I just mention them to make you aware of its limitations.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Walking Map of Washington DC, July 26, 2007

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Patrk71 "Patrick 71" (Texas) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Washington, D. C. popout (USA PopOut Maps) (Map)

Used this map for our vacation to Washington DC this summer. The fold out maps are detail and informative and on 2 scales so you both see the area map as well as the large city. I liked that the Metro stops were on the maps and that there was a separate Metro map on the backside. Fits easily into a shirt pocket or pants pocket.

All of the Monuments and Tourist sites were well marked and shown with a walking distance scale.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tourist Must-Have, May 24, 2009

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BonnieB (Stafford, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Washington, D. C. popout (USA PopOut Maps) (Map)

I purchased several of these to give as gifts to out-of-towners who are spending their Summer in Washington, DC. Great little guide to attractions in the area and Metro system. I even keep one in my car!