Resources and inspiration for Avenza Map Store Publishers

Have you ever dreamed of hiking Everest? Tackling the famous summit and making your mark as one of the small numbers of people to do so? Or even a small hike in the Himalayas? This month, we spoke to Partha S Banjeree of WNL-Newscript/Milestone Books, who makes maps of the Everest and other Himalayan regions.

The Andes mountain range is the longest continental mountain range in the world. The range spans seven countries throughout South America and is a world-famous hiking and outdoor recreation region. This month we got the pleasure of speaking to José Mena of Andeshandbook to learn more about how they create maps of the Andes!

The Appalachian Mountains stretch over 2,000 kilometers in the eastern United States, with easy access from New York and Montreal. It’s one of the most popular hiking and outdoor areas in the country, learn why here.

BarnwellGeospatial, owned and created by Charles Barnwell seeks to make the highest quality, and up-to-date topographic maps available, with a focus on America’s 49th state, Alaska!

This month’s Publisher Feature is all about Fraternali Editore from Italy. Walking over 50,000km to get the most accurate data for their maps, they put their heart, soul, and walking shoes into what they do! To learn more about Fraternali Editore, we spoke to Mario Fraternali, one of the owners of the company.

Everyone loves a treasure hunt, and who doesn’t love gold? The newest gold maps in the Avenza Map Store are from Signal Prospecting, owned and operated by Glenn Holbrook. While Glenn loves snow sports, surfing, and skating, he admits he’s kind of obsessed with finding gold.

Looking for some of the best trails in Southeastern Ontario? Look no further than Quinte Conservation Authority (QCA). One of the newest publishers in the Avenza Map Store, Quinte Conservation Authority owns over 30,000 acres of land, which include managed forests, nature reserves, and 11 different conservation areas with trails to explore.

Large percentages of the world live without detailed maps, a luxury developed nations often take for granted. Christina Joy, of Eco Travel Maps (Eco Viaje Mapas) in Nicaragua, has set out to change that.

Patrick Stephens is the creator of offthemaps, a mapping company that focuses on outdoor recreation maps, hiking maps, and cycling maps. Read his full feature here!

Angler’s Edge Mapping offers free overview maps and low resolution maps to greatly improve your experience when working with multiple maps of the same area. Know more.

Keeping your maps up to date is important to give map users greater confidence in the quality and reliability of your maps. Read more.

Testing your maps beforehand helps ensure that the end products downloaded by Avenza Maps users will look and behave as you expect them to. Read more on benefits and ways of testing your maps in advance.

Testing your maps beforehand helps ensure that the end products downloaded by Avenza Maps users will look and behave as you expect them to. Read more on benefits and ways of testing your maps in advance.

As you know, new map products submitted to the Avenza Map Store are subject to a map review process that can take anywhere from 2 to 10 days to complete. Why does it take so long? Read more to find out.

Mountain mapping is a laborious process that GEOPSIS has managed to master. The team uses drones and other unique methods to make cartography easy to read and understand.

When you create a QR code for your map, you are simply creating a representation of the URL that can be read by a mobile device. A way to avoid having to share long character-filled URLs that are prone to typos and transposition.

Australia has seen multiple gold rushes, and even today, prospecting is a popular activity across the country. Doug Stone has been making maps and atlases of Australia's many goldfields for 40 years.

Every cartographer takes pride in the elements that make their maps special. Massimo Cingotti brings accuracy, readability, reliability and beauty to hiking maps of Italy.

MapSherpa are experts in digital mapping and were one of the pioneers in delivering maps to consumers via the web. They continue to innovate by adding digital map sales through the Avenza Map Store to their repertoire.

With nearly 1 million maps available in the Avenza Map Store, offering new map version can help set your listing apart. Map Versions allows you to update your map products and automatically notify users about the new version.

Rhonda Lerner epitomizes the true spirit of a cartographer, aiming to make maps that are all at once visually appealing, complete, accurate and easy to read.

As the Map Store grows, so does the need to better curate maps so that potential buyers can find them. Read about upcoming changes to map categories.

Doug Shidell is a biking enthusiast and author turned cartographer who has made the Avenza Map Store part of his distribution network since its early days.

Drive traffic to the store listings from your web pages, social media and even cross-promote digital versions from e-commerce products.

Crafting a good map store listing can take some time, however, it is worth the effort to maximize the success of your map in the Map Store..

Pricing maps in the Avenza Map Store required some thought and planning.

You may choose to sell maps individually, however there are situations when it makes sense to bundle - both for you and for your buyers.

Embracing the digital channel meant map revenue growth for Benchmark Maps.