# "Best" map ever!? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-map-ever/608677 "2012-01-06T23:27:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-map-ever/608677/1 "2012-01-06T23:27:55Z")
Slate Magazine has an article about a handmade map of the US that won a major (for maps anyway) award: > **[How One Guy in Oregon Made the Best U.S. Map You’ll Ever See](https://slate.com/culture/2012/01/the-best-american-wall-map-david-imus-the-essential-geography-of-the-united-states-of-america.html)** > > American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the “Best of Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information... It sounds really cool! check it out. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-map-ever/608677/2 "2012-01-06T23:32:49Z")
If by “handmade” you mean that a computer didn’t automagically decide where to place anything, you’re right. If you mean truly handmade, you’re wrong, since it was still made on a computer. It is still a cool map, though! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-map-ever/608677/3 "2012-01-06T23:48:34Z")
Oooohhhh, nice map. I like maps. 🙂 When the Canadian version comes out, I’ll buy it. (Yes, I know there is no Canadian version. But one can hope.)