{"id":3582,"date":"2016-12-11T06:59:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T11:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2016-12-14T18:30:27","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T23:30:27","slug":"other-gift-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/12\/other-gift-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Gift Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you can&#8217;t find what you&#8217;re looking for in my own gift guides to map <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/11\/2016-holiday-gift-guide-books\/\">books<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/12\/2016-holiday-gift-guide-calendars\/\">calendars<\/a>, here are a few\u00a0gift guides assembled by my map-blogging colleagues and\u00a0map companies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All Over the Map&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/2016\/12\/10-gifts-maps-travelers\/\">10 gifts for map lovers and travellers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A-Z Maps&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.az.co.uk\/blog\/christmas-gift-ideas-map-lovers\/\">Christmas gift ideas for map lovers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Co.Design<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/3065801\/wanted\/our-2016-gift-guide-for-map-fetishists\">gift guide for map nerds<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoawesomeness.com\/geoawesome-christmas-gift-guide-2016\/\">Geoawesome Christmas gift guide for 2016<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Geographical<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/geographical.co.uk\/reviews\/books\/item\/2019-geographical-s-books-of-the-year\">books of the year<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Geo Lounge has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geolounge.com\/7-geography-books-add-bookshelf\/\">seven geography books to add to your bookshelf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>GIS Lounge has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gislounge.com\/7-nifty-gift-ideas-gis-person-life\/\">seven\u00a0nifty gift ideas for the GIS person in your life<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mapping London&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/mappinglondon.co.uk\/2016\/christmas-list-2016\/\">Christmas List 2016<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Ordnance Survey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/12\/top-5-mappy-christmas-gifts\/\">top five mappy Christmas gifts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Transit Maps has gift guides for <a href=\"http:\/\/transitmap.net\/post\/153886727725\/2016-gift-guide-books\">books<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/transitmap.net\/post\/153807137530\/2016-gift-guide-posters\">posters<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any others out there?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you can&#8217;t find what you&#8217;re looking for in my own gift guides to map books and calendars, here are a few\u00a0gift guides assembled by my map-blogging colleagues and\u00a0map companies: All Over the Map&#8217;s 10&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/12\/other-gift-guides\/\">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":[736],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-gift-guides","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":217151,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/12\/other-gift-guides-2017-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":3582,"position":0},"title":"Other Gift Guides, 2017 Edition","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"12 December 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"If The Map Room\u2019s 2017 Holiday Gift Guide still leaves you wanting for ideas (and the additional books in the Map Books of 2017 page don't do it either)\u2014maybe you just want to give something that isn't a book\u2014here are some other map related gift guides. 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