{"id":1786946,"date":"2019-01-08T10:18:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T15:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786946"},"modified":"2019-01-08T10:18:33","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T15:18:33","slug":"stanfords-cartographer-paper-is-going-to-make-a-comeback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/stanfords-cartographer-paper-is-going-to-make-a-comeback\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanfords Cartographer: ‘Paper Is Going to Make a Comeback’"},"content":{"rendered":"

You know who isn’t<\/em> worried about the future of paper maps and whether people still know how to use them? The people who actually sell them. The Guardian<\/em>\u2019s Kevin Rushby talks to Stanfords cartographer Martin Greenaway<\/a>, ostensibly on the occasion of the venerable map store’s move to new digs in London<\/a>; Greenaway thinks that paper maps are ripe for a comeback (Stanfords does a lot of print-on-demand maps), and points out a number of other map use cases that a mobile device simply can’t be used for. [CAG<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You know who isn’t worried about the future of paper maps and whether people still know how to use them? The people who actually sell them. The Guardian\u2019s Kevin Rushby talks to Stanfords cartographer Martin… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[307,845,1318],"class_list":["post-1786946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-industry","tag-map-stores","tag-paper-maps","tag-stanfords","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787028,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/more-on-stanfordss-move-and-paper-maps-comeback\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786946,"position":0},"title":"More on Stanfords’s Move and Paper Maps’ Comeback","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 January 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Another article on the comeback of paper maps that is really about the move of the venerable map and travel bookstore Stanfords\u2019s London store to new digs, this time from Nicholas Crane in the Financial Times. 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