Map Chronicles

It's hard to put into words why Adventure Cycling Association's maps are so great.
- Yes, they show the attractions that are around the corner.
- Yes, they take you to the (safer) roads less traveled.
- Yes, they give you a heads up for big climbs and sweet downhills.


But beyond the helpful features of Adventure Cycling's maps, there's just something about traveling by bicycle with trusty maps as your guide that changes the experience. That's what I am supposed to explain with our first-ever Map Chronicles.

As a graphic designer, my instructions were, "We want you to design a catalog sort of thing featuring a selection of our maps. We want it to create the feeling of being there, of traveling with Adventure Cycling maps."

No pressure. Just translate the allure of bicycle travel, by map, into a publication.

Well somehow it all came together. With help from almost every department (especially routes and mapping), and written by the ever-inspiring Mac McCoy, this first-time project was a success!

It was so much of a success, that we've had requests to make it available online for the whole internet to see. Voil�!

We hope you enjoy the Map Chronicles, but more so, we hope you find the drive and the time to go adventuring by bicycle. And if you do, I'm sure we have a map for that...

Top photo by Aaron Teasdale.

Map Chronicles cover photo by Tom Robertson and design by Rachel Stevens.

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RACHEL STEVENS is a graphic designer for Adventure Cycling Association.

Source: http://blog.adventurecycling.org/2012/02/map-chronicles.html

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