Friday, September 28, 2007

Burma in Southeast Asia

A Crisis in Myanmar/Burma


The world is watching what is going on in YANGON, Myanmar/Burma. Above are some maps from the CIA on the region. These maps are also included in our www.mapsfordesign.com World of Maps PLUS CD-ROM disc that is available in the map store on the site.

They are also available for download at the University of Texas Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection. A great place for reference maps.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

PowerPoint Collection Complete and Loaded Up


We have finished loading up the balance of our editable PowerPoint clip art maps for presentations, illustrations and web sites.

Our Globe Maps which are in Color with Grid Lines and are Editable PowerPoint Files. Each file includes the global map inserted into a PowerPoint slide, all elements can be easily deleted or changed. You can add a star for an office location, change colors.

Africa, Global Projection
Australia, Global Projection
Europe and Africa, Global Projection
India Asia, Global Projection
Japan Pacific, Global Projection
Middle East, Africa, India, Central Asia
North America, USA, Global Projection
North Atlantic Ocean, Global Projection
North Pole, Global Projection, Grid Lines
North and South America, Global Projection
Pacific Ocean, Global Projection
South America Global Projection
India, Africa, South East Asia
South Pole, Global Projection

US Regional County Maps Posted for Download


We have also completed our US Regional County Maps. The regional maps can be fitted together to form a sales territory. Completely editable with county names.

We have also included our National county map. This is the big mother map with over 3000 counties in it. Yes we do have customers that use this map and do edit all of these counties. Along with that is the same map but it has be cut up into 7 regional areas of the US and placed into a standard PowerPoint document. A little easier to manage.

Our States
US County Regional, Editable County Maps for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
US National County, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Alabama, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Alaska, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Arizona, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Arkansas, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
California, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Colorado, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Connecticut, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Delaware, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Florida, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Georgia, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Hawaii, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Idaho, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Illinois, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Indiana, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Iowa, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Kansas, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Kentucky, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Louisiana, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Maine, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Maryland, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Massachusetts, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Michigan, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Minnesota, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Mississippi, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Missouri, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Montana, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
North Carolina, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
North Dakota, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Nebraska, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Nevada, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
New Jersey, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
New Mexico, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
New York, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
New Hampshire, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
New Mexico, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Ohio, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Oklahoma, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Oregon, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Pennsylvania, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Rhode Island, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
South Carolina, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
South Dakota, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Tennessee, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Texas, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Utah, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Vermont, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Virgina, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Washington, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
West Virgina, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Wisconsin, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File
Wyoming, Editable County Map for Building Regions - PowerPoint File

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Google Documents Presentation Released

Google announced today Google Docs presentations. The new presentations feature of Google Docs helps you to easily organize, share, present, and collaborate on presentations, using only a web browser.

Starting today, presentations -- whether imported from existing files or created using the new slide editor -- are listed alongside documents and spreadsheets in the Google Docs document list. They can be edited, shared, and published using the familiar Google Docs interface, with several collaborators working on a slide deck simultaneously, in real time. When it's time to present, participants can simply click a link to follow along as the presenter takes the audience through the slideshow. Participants are connected through Google Talk and can chat about the presentation as they're watching. Not wanting anyone to feel left out, we've made the presentation feature available in 25 languages; Google Apps customers can also access it as part of Google Docs.

Check it out at http://documents.google.com

And to go along with your presentation are our maps. MapsforDesign.com editable PowerPoint maps also work very smoothly with the new Google Docs Presentation. Edit your map on your computer and then load it up onto Google Docs Presenation.


Thursday, September 13, 2007

Not Every Customer Works Out But We Love to Help

We had a customer over the last couple of days from Thailand who eventually we figured out was looking for a wall map and not an electronic map. But because of time difference, language and just not sure what they were looking for we sold them a CD-ROM of our maps. We had emails, missed phone calls in the middle of the night, everything. We finally connected today and were able to figure out what the customer wanted. We refunded the CD and gave them as much info as we could figure out of where to go. Suggesting looking for maps from our competitors, from sites in Australia, Singapore, and Thailand. It truly is a global world. Customers come from all over and we are glad to pick up the phone and just talk. All in the day of a global web based business. Sometimes the world is really pretty small.

"Hello Bruce Jones,

Thank you very much for your good support and suggestion. I’m really sorry to make you lose time.
If I have any job that concern about your software, I happy to contact you and buy your software again."
Brake&Fuel Cost Analyst Asia Pacific
TI Automotive (Thailand) Ltd.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

US States and Canada Provinces Clip Art Ready for Downloading

Hi, all, we have been working like dogs and progress has been great. This weekend we loaded up our US States and the Canadian Provinces. Almost done loading up the PowerPoint maps, I think just Globes to go and oh yea some US County maps that can be fitted together to form regions. Then on to our Adobe Illustrator Maps. Check out our MapsforDesign Line Card for the full collection.

Download Line Card

back soon, bruce

ps. remember lots of great editable world, us, states, counties and world country maps, in PowerPoint, ready for your projects.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

United Kingdom in All Its Detail


One of our favorite PowerPoint maps is our United Kingdom map. This map which includes England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland is broken down by administrative districts. To get this map we had to contact and license it from Great Britain's Ordnance Survey (OS). I think they are kind of like our US Geological Survey with some Copyright Office thrown in. This map took a long time to draw and I think it ended up pretty well. I enjoy working on these complex map, I often image myself in the areas that I am drawing.

This map is broken down by administrative districts includes surrounding countries, in color with district names and capitals, editable objects. Very detailed map for building sales and marketing territories and regions.

Like all of our maps the administrative districts are individual objects that can be colored and changed so you can build a regional territory map. Add a star for an office, change colors, edit text, pull out sections to highlight a region.

Each map comes already placed into a PowerPoint slide ready for customizing. Names, color, fully editable, PowerPoint map.
bruce

New Editable PowerPoint Country Maps

Hooray!, we have lots of new maps up on the site. We have loaded all of our editable PowerPoint Country Maps, 37 in all. Including 3 of which are written in Chinese. Like all of our PowerPoint maps, each country or administrative district is an individual object that can be colored or changed however you like. Text is fully editable. These map are great for setting up sales territories. Check them all out at www.mapsfordesign.com

Italy, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Brazil, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Germany, Administrative Districts, Capitals, Major Cities - PowerPoint File
England, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland Counties, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Sweden, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Argentina, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Australia, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Belgium and Luxembourg, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
China, Administrative Districts - PowerPoint File
China 2, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
China with Chinese Names, Administrative Districts - PowerPoint File
Commonwealth of Independent States, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Costa Rica, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Czech Republic, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Denmark, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Finland, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
France, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Greece, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
India, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Indonesia, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Israel, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Japan, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Mexico, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Netherlands, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
New Zealand, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Norway, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Philippines, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Poland, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
South Africa, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
South Korea Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Spain and Portugal, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Switzerland, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Taiwan, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Turkey, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
United Kingdom, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
United Arab Emirates, Administrative Districts, Capitals - PowerPoint File
USA Map with Chinese Names - PowerPoint File

20 World Regional Editable Maps.

You have the world covered with this great collection of world regional maps. Perfect for highlighting your operations especially when you can add a country map to tell your story.

North America Regional Map, USA, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, Cities, Capitals - PowerPoint File
Middle East Regional Map, Countries - PowerPoint File
Europe Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Australia and Oceania Regional Map, Cities - PowerPoint File
Africa Continent Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Antarctica Continental Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Asia Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Central America Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Central America Regional Map #2, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
CIS and Asia Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Commonwealth of Independent States Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Eastern European Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
European Regional Map with Chinese Names, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Israel and Middle East Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Latin America Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Mediterranean Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Scandinavia Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
South America Regional Continent Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
South East Asia Regional Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File
Former Yugoslavia Region Map, Countries, Names - PowerPoint File