The International Map Traders Association's (IMTA) April Newsletter, The MapReport has our Times Universal Atlas of the World on its front cover. The Universal Atlas was awarded Gold for Best Atlas and the overall award for Best Product at the IMTA (EAME) Conference and Trade Show in Belfast in February. Overall Winner: Times Universal World Atlas, HarperCollins. Paul Treadwell (Cook, Hammond & Kell Group) presents the award to Sheena Barclay (HarperCollins). “We are delighted to receive this distinguished award from IMTA. This is great recognition from our industry of the team’s work ... Read more >>

"The joy of the Archive is getting into the heart and soul of a firm of hoarders who never seem to have thrown anything away." Karla Baker at the National Library of Scotland, Map Collections writes a fascinating blog on the Bartholomew Archive. She investigates the massive holding of printing records, maps and management documents then brings selected items together to form enthralling examples of the work produced by the world renown Edinburgh cartographic firm (a precursor of the present-day Collins Geo). A couple of examples of her recent posts: Contour Layer Colouring This ... Read more >>