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How Visitor Centers Can Boost Tourism with Custom Pocket Maps
May 12th, 2025 by Mark Alen
Visitor centers do more than welcome travelers — they shape their entire experience. Learn how custom pocket maps help boost tourism, support local businesses, and keep visitors exploring longer.
- Folding Maps
- Wayfinding on Trails
- Map design
How Parks Can Use Printed Pocket-Size Maps to Enhance Visitor Experiences
Sep 9th, 2022 by Mark Alen
Imagine you are out for a walk in your local park. You take a wrong turn, and before you know it, you are entirely lost. You pull out your phone to try and find your way back to the main path, but there's no service. Now what? Hence, this is where a printed pocket-size map comes in handy.
- Wayfinding on Trails
- #Parks & Recreation
- #Parks
- #Visitor Experiences
Why Use an Accordion Map Fold For Bike Trails?
Apr 16th, 2018 by Mark Alen
Map layouts are important to consider, especially when you're anticipating the map in the hands of someone like a biker. Which type of map will be easy for a biker to use, especially if they're out on a trail?
- Folding Maps
- City Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
Libraries: Orient Visitors With Pocket Size Folding Maps
Oct 1st, 2015 by Mark Alen
A pocket sized map can be a great way to make libraries visually appealing and comfortable for all patrons.
- Folding Maps
- Trade-show / Expo marketing ideas
- City Wayfinding
- Guerrilla Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
- Campus Wayfinding
- Museum Wayfinding, Signage, & Maps
- Pocket-Size Marketing
Use Trade Show Maps to Increase Visibility
Oct 22nd, 2014 by Mark Alen
No one wants to get lost, and special events are even better when you know where to go. That's why trade show maps are essential. PocketMap specializes in making different kinds of maps that are tailored made for special events, such as trade shows.
- Folding Maps
- Trade-show / Expo marketing ideas
- Wayfinding on Trails
Maps or Smartphone Apps?
Sep 25th, 2014 by Mark Alen
That was the question posed by over 700 people who completed both the online and in-person Walk Edmonton wayfinding survey.
- City Wayfinding
- Guerrilla Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
The Benefits of using a foldout map
Aug 29th, 2014 by Mark Alen
A foldout map is a useful and versatile item that many people cannot do without. Compact, lightweight, and attractive, they can enhance your life in surprising ways. Some of the benefits of using a foldout map are below:
- Folding Maps
- Trade-show / Expo marketing ideas
- City Wayfinding
- Guerrilla Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
- Campus Wayfinding
Print Custom Maps
Jul 8th, 2014 by Mark Alen
Customized maps offer the opportunity to overlay layers of data onto custom maps for a truly unique product.
- Folding Maps
- Trade-show / Expo marketing ideas
- City Wayfinding
- Guerrilla Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
St. Augustine Helps Tourists Find Their Way with WayFinding Signs
Jul 7th, 2014 by Mark Alen
'You are here' 'Wayfinding' signs and mobile website for historic structures in works for St. Augustine.
- City Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
Trail Signs Start New Way-finding System
Jul 3rd, 2014 by Mark Alen
Pocket Maps is all about Wayfinding, and when we find something in the news about it, we like to pass it along.
- City Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
Topics
- Folding Maps
- Trade-show / Expo marketing ideas
- City Wayfinding
- Guerrilla Wayfinding
- Wayfinding on Trails
- Campus Wayfinding
- Museum Wayfinding, Signage, & Maps
- Pocket-Size Marketing
- Guerrilla Marketing
- Campus Maps
- University Map
- Submitting files
- File-prep
- Pocket-size print marketing ideas
- Hotel Maps
- Concierge maps
- Emergency Response
- Map design
- graphic design for maps
- Parks and Rec
- map printing