Where the first automotive roadmaps came from - Hagerty Media
WEBJan 16, 2019 · In 1904, mapmaker Rand McNally had printed its first automobile road map, “New Automobile Road Map of New York City & Vicinity.” Three years later, the company undertook publication of the Photo-Auto Guides from Gardner Chapin.
This Day in History: First Rand McNally road atlas published
WEBOn April 15, 1924, Rand McNally released its first comprehensive road atlas, opening up the wonderful world of the road trip. The Clason Map Company may have beaten them to market a few months earlier with the very first road atlas of the U.S., but Rand McNally quickly became synonymous with American motoring routes and mapping. Advertisement.
Rand McNally - Wikipedia
WEBRand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways. One of its cartographers, John Brink, invented a system that was first published in 1917 on a map of Peoria, Illinois. In addition to creating maps with numbered roads, Rand McNally also erected many of the actual roadside highway signs.
One Man’s Ingenious Plan to Revolutionize the Road Map
WEBThat’s when John Brink, a freelance map illustrator, had a brilliant idea: Why not give each road a number? Rand McNally jumped at the idea.
An Imaginary Town Becomes Real, Then Not. True Story
WEBMar 18, 2014 · Rand McNally told the court that its designers went to the official map of that county, looked up the coordinates, and on the spot called Agloe they found a building, and that building, they...
Exploring Rand McNally History and Heritage | Rand McNally
WEBFor over a century, Rand McNally has been a trailblazer in mapping and navigation. Today, we lead the way in software for connected cars, fleet management, and cutting-edge hardware.
Mapmaking Pioneer: Sandy McNally '63 served as head of iconic …
WEBOne episode of ALF involved the discovery of a fictional Rand McNally map to outer space. Sandy McNally, the last family member to lead the company, fondly recalls growing up in post-World War II Chicago when his father was running the business and Americans were falling in love with the open road.
Why did this non-existent town show up on maps of New York? - Gizmodo
WEBFeb 12, 2014 · The town appeared on Esso road maps, using the General Drafting Company’s data. When Agloe later appeared on a Rand McNally map of New York, Esso charged Rand McNally with copying their maps.
Rand McNally vintage atlases map the great American road trip | CNN
WEBApr 30, 2018 · New frontiers: The 1920s advent of the motor car age brought with it the great American road trip -- and publishing company Rand McNally's handy road atlases of the United States.
WEBEarly Rand McNally Road Atlases Stan DeOrsey In this issue we examine the early and vaned Rand McNally Road Atlases. Rand, originally a Chicago printing company, published their first map in 1872 and first atlas in 1876. However their early atlases only showed roads incidental to the level of detail. They were not Road Atlases.
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