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Items below are listed for the benefit and enjoyment of road map aficionados and researchers everywhere. This club neither endorses nor supports any of the authors or publishers. Additional references on road maps are requested; see the end of this list for instructions and credits.
BOOKS
 | Anonymous. Of Maps and Mapping. General Drafting Co. 1959. (48 pages) |
| Love, Ed, Are We There Yet? - A History Of And Collectors Guide To The Gas Station Road Map. Spiralbound, ISBN 0-945821-65-4, $19.95, 1994. |
| Pearsall, Phyllis. From Bedsitter to Household Name: The Personal Story of A-Z maps, Publisher: Geographers' A-Z Map Co, Sevenoaks, England, 1990. ISBN: 0 85039 243 8 |
| Yorke, Jr., Douglas A.; Margolies, John; and Baker, Eric. Hitting The Road: The Art Of The American Road Map. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1996. ISBN 0-8118-1015-1. $18.95 |
RESEARCH PAPERS
| Anderson, J.M. "A Road Map Study Based on the 1974 Official Alberta Road Map". Unpublished M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta (1975), 225 pp. |
ARTICLES
| Anonymous. "Old timer talks about road maps." The Orange Disc (Gulf Refining Company), Vol. 1, (March-April, 1934), pp 19-20. |
| Anonymous. "API Symposium Seeks Improvement in Road Maps to Stimulate Travel." Super Service Station (Chicago), Vol. 65, (Aug. 1961), pp 178-179. |
| Anonymous. "Consumers' Association Road Maps." Motoring Which, April, 1971, pp 75-79. |
| Astley, R.W. "A Note on the Requirements of Road Map Users." Cartographic Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1969, pg. 130 |
| Cochran, Floyd. "Negative to negative road map correction procedure." International Cartographic Conference, 2nd, Chicago and Washington, D.C., 1958. Proceedings, Part III, pg. 51 |
| Drew, Frances. "Bicentennial road maps of the thirteen original States." Bulletin of the Special Libraries Association, Geography and Map Division, No. 109, 1977, pp 2-9. 79G/0760 |
| Fitchet, Duncan M. "The Rantone Process in Mapmaking." Surveying and Mapping, Vol. 19, (March, 1959), pg. 64. |
| Goldring, Patrick. "A countryside in your pocket." ESSO Magazine, no. 104, 1977, pp. 17-19. 78G/0852 |
| Lee, Paul B. "General Drafting Celebrates 50 Years of Mapmaking." Surveying and Mapping, Vol. 19, (March, 1959), pp. 71-73. |
| May, George S., and Hileman, R.G. "The Good Roads Movement in Iowa." Palimpsest, Vol. 46, No. 2, 1965, pp. 65-128. |
| McNally, Andrew, III. "Rand McNally in the world of American cartography." American Cartographer, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1977, pp/ 101-110. 78G/2295 |
| Morrison, A. "Principles of Road Classification for Road Maps." Cartographic Journal, Vol. 3, No. 1, 1966, pp. 17-30 |
| Ristow, Walter W. "Aborted American Atlases." Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1979, pp. 320-345 |
| Ristow, Walter W. "A Half Century of Oil-Company Road Maps." Surveying and Mapping, Vol. XXIV (1964), pp 617-637. |
| Ristow, Walter W. "American road maps and guides." Scientific Monthly, (May, 1946), pp 397-406. |
| Schuyltz, Gwen M. "New Developments in American Road Maps." The Professional Geographer, Vol. 15, (May, 1963), pp 14 & 15. |
| Sheppard, D., and Adams, J.M. "A Survey on Driver's Opinions on Maps for Route Finding." Cartographic Journal, Vol. 9, No 2, 1972, pp 105-114. |
| Ward, Albert W. "The State of State Road Maps." American Cartographer, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1977, pp 5-9. 78G/0424 |
| Yagoda, Ben. "Unfolding the Nation." American Heritage, Vol. 39, No. 3, 1988, pp 34-36, 38, 40-41. |
Contributors: Ronald Whistance, Ian Byrne, Duane Marble, Earl Ma, Stan DeOrsey and Noel Levy. Thanks for their help.
Additions and/or Corrections? Send your item information, in the same format as above, to:
David Compas
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Indian Hills CA 92509
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