Maproom recently had the pleasure of providing map bases for a delightful new travel guide in the creative and distinctive Carl Goes series. The book, called Carl Goes London Islands, tells stories of the islands and islanders of the River Thames. With Maproom's parent company being Thameside Media, the River Thames is close to our studio literally and in our hearts. Not only that, we also have a special interest in travel guides, having published many ourselves over two decades (though never specifically for the Thames). Thus we were delighted to oblige when Sascha Mengerink, the Netherlands-based publisher of the Carl Goes series, asked Maproom if we could provide detailed map bases of the Thames Valley showing all the islands set within the River Thames between the mouth of the river at Canvey Island in Essex upriver through central London to the tiny eyots and aits in the Thames in Surrey and Berkshire. We were able to oblige with map bases using Ordnance Survey open data ... Read more
Bespoke Mapping Samples
2,500 map plottings for Betjeman’s Best British Churches
One of our greatest projects for Harper Collins publishers recently involved the mapping and photography of churches around Britain. Altogether we plotted the location of 2,500 churches using digital GPS data and translating it onto printed maps. It represents a massive achievement and huge improvement on the original black and white map bullets in the earlier editions of the book. With the OS and GPS coordinates given for people with SatNavs and mobile devices, Thameside Media is delighted to have had the opportunity to bring this classic work into the digital age. ... Read more
Our World Whisky book wins prestigious award
Thameside Media, the owners of Maproom, are proud that World Whisky has won the IACP award for Best Cookbook. The publication, published by DK, involved us mapping all the whisky-producing nations of the world as well as photographing literally hundreds of the finest whiskies ever produced. For more samples of this book and Thameside's other award-winning media projects see Thameside Photography - World Whisky project ... Read more