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Now featuring 1000 ski trail maps from Skimap.org 9 Sep 2009 | 04:53 pm
mappery has partnered with Skimap.org to bring over 1,000 ski trail maps from the past and present into the mappery collection. This enormous group of high-quality maps includes both downhill and nor...
maps meet photos: time to explore! 29 Jun 2009 | 05:53 pm
A map is an incredibly powerful way to get an overall sense of an area, but it doesn’t give an accurate sense of what a place actually looks like. That’s where photos come in. Now, by integrating w...
follow mappery on twitter and become a fan on facebook 29 Jun 2009 | 04:39 pm
Yep, mappery has finally jumped on the social media bandwagon. Now you can keep up with the latest updates about mappery.com and other online map innovations by following mappery on twitter or bec...
Improved fullsize map viewing 5 Mar 2009 | 05:34 pm
Now when you click to view any fullsize jpg, gif, and png map on mappery, there’s a new, improved way to zoom, pan, see basic info, and easily jump to nearby maps. Upon initial view, the map is shrun...
Hand-drawn tourist maps from Resort Maps featured on mappery 28 Nov 2008 | 03:07 pm
Over 100 maps of great tourist towns throughout the US and the UK from Resort Maps are now featured in the mappery collection. Each detailed map shows local shops, lodging, restaurants, and other busi...
New maps RSS feed 29 Oct 2008 | 02:47 pm
As a few people requested, mappery just added an RSS feed featuring a rolling list of the newest maps in the collection. Add this to your favorite RSS reader to keep tabs on the latest map contributi...
Introducing the map room you’ve always dreamed about 14 Oct 2008 | 05:25 pm
As you’ve moved through life, the dream has never faded: one day, you’ll have your very own room dedicated to your vast map collection. Like drawing rooms, billiards halls, and personal bowling lanes...
New map directory for every country in the world 20 Aug 2008 | 06:20 pm
OK, I’ve been sitting on this one for a bit. A few weeks ago mappery released a completely new world map directory with several notable features. Every country in the world (244 of them here) has a ...
Love thy PDF map: mappery improves PDF map browsing 16 Jul 2008 | 10:34 am
Adobe’s PDF is a great file format for highly detailed maps and its vector qualities scale lines and text impressively. As a result, a lot of the best maps out there are in the PDF format. However, PD...
3D views of map locations: mappery integrates Google Earth 30 May 2008 | 02:38 pm
Yesterday Google announced bringing Google Earth to the web browser. Up until now, to see the amazing 3D views of Google Earth required downloading and installing an application and viewing outside of...