StreetSmart Cancun, Yucatan & Riviera Maya Map by VanDam -- Laminated pocket Planning and Travel Map to the Riviera Maya, Yucatan, Merida, Playa del ... Uxmal & Tulum (English and Spanish Edition)

Stephan Van Dam

ISBN 10: 1934395404 ISBN 13: 9781934395400

Publisher: VanDam, Inc., 2010

Synopsis

StreetSmart® Cancún & Riviera Maya maps all top attractions including museums, major architecture, hotels, beaches, and parks - all at an immensely legible scales ranging from 1:3,400 to 1:1,140,00. The map dimensions are 9 x 4 inches closed and 9 x 32 inches open. The map is laminated and fits easily into purse or shirt pocket. More than just Cancún, the map covers Riviera Maya, the entire Yucatan Peninsula, with Quintana Roo and parts of Campeche state. Clear information design allows users to read the map from three feet away and has earned VanDam maps a place in the MoMA Collection. The map is laminated and easily fits into pocket or purse. Dimensions: 9 x 4 closed; 9 x 32 open. Contents: Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Too Driving map 1:1,200,00 Merida City map 1: 10,700 Chichen Itza Detail map 1:11,000 Riviera Maya Driving map: 1:1,400,00 Tulum Detail map: 1:3,400 Playa del Carmen Detail map Cozumel Detail map: 1:480,000 Centro Cancun Detail map 1:31,000 Uxmal Detail map 1:8,400 StreetSmart® Cancún & Riviera Maya covers all the regions you are like to travel to. So wherever your beach vacation takes you this map will be your trusted companion. StreetSmart® Cancún & Riviera Maya Simplicity reigns supreme in information design to make complex cities clear and understandable. Our typography creates character and reveals the true bones of the city. VanDam uses a letter grid to identify locations on maps - no confusing and cluttering K-28 or V-34s - its just the city from A-Z. Our covers map the icons of each city and turn them into collectible graphic art. Each sleek and laminated city map package opens to 32" x 9" and then easily folds down to 4" x 9" to snuggly fit into a shirt pocket or purse. Gain instant Cancún StreetSmarts and a memorable souvenir to boot!

About this title

About the Author:

Stephan Van Dam, AIGA is an award-winning cartographer, graphic designer, and information architect. He is the president, principal and creative director of New York-based VanDam Publishing. Twenty-seven of his maps are in the MoMA Collection.

The universal power of maps has been his guiding passion for the past 35 years. He's has mapped over 125 world cities, and holds several patents in the field of paper engineering and origami map folding.

His work has been honored by the Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the editors of ID magazine and has been featured on national television and been sighted in numerous feature films. VanDam presented his 4DmApp at the original TED conference in 2002.

Review:

"...A Connoisseur's Map!" --USA Today

"For savvy travelers." --Playboy Magazine

"The Map." --The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: VanDam, Inc.
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1934395404
• ISBN 13: 9781934395400
• Binding: Map
• Number of pages: 2
• Editor: Stephan Van Dam
• Illustrator: Stephan Van Dam