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More than two dozen book listings have just been added to the Map Books of 2024<\/a> page. I\u2019ve also been making some long overdue tweaks to the design and functionality of the site, including switching to WordPress\u2019s Gutenberg editor at long last (which has, unsurprisingly, involved some glitches and hiccups). Also, the Tumblr mirror has been retired; see the Subscribe and Follow<\/a> page for other ways to receive new updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than two dozen book listings have just been added to the Map Books of 2024 page. I\u2019ve also been making some long overdue tweaks to the design and functionality of the site, including switching… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-1831024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-housekeeping","tag-books","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1805743,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2021\/12\/map-book-list-updates\/","url_meta":{"origin":1831024,"position":0},"title":"Map Book List Updates","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 December 2021","format":"link","excerpt":"One last update to the Map Books of 2021 page, thanks to a couple of titles in Esri Press\u2019s gift guide that I\u2019d previously overlooked. 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