making headquarters sydney australia key people astrid browne managing director products ubd gregory s street directories and maps website http www.universalpublishers.com.au universal publishers produce the ubiquitous ubd gregory s street directories in australia . the names of these publications have come to be used as a generic term for street directories in many australian cities . contents 1 company profile 2 products 3 comprehensive directories 4 cartography 5 references 6 external links company profile edit universal publishes street directories guides maps and road atlases and is australia s largest mapping and travel related products publisher . the company distributes travel language and cartographic ranges for berlitz insight guides michelin and marco polo products edit australian capital city street directories state street directories for each state and territory citylink directories containing brisbane melbourne or sydney street directories and surrounding regional areas compact street directories for capital cities and mini street directories for eastern states capital cities regional street directories for each state containing town maps and a road atlas . the northern territory town maps and road atlas are integrated into the south australia directory a variety of fold out maps covering capital cities regional areas and entire states dvd versions of the capital regional city street directories and regional cities and towns directories road atlases covering the whole of australia the above products were branded ubd prior to the 2012 editions when production of standalone gregory s street directories ceased in favour of cobranded ubd gregory s directories retaining the ubd format 1 with the exception of the darwin directory which is still published in gregory s format . 2 the last standalone gregory s directory was the commemorative 75th edition sydney street directory published in 2011 . 3 comprehensive directories edit while primarily street directories ubd and gregory s also contain details on public transport train and light rail tickets and prices bicycle paths suburb and postcode details public parks and reserves landmarks such as commercial buildings telephone boxes pubs and restaurants attractions and also boat mooring details in recognised docks . they also contain maps of university campuses and crematoria . prior to the ubd gregory s merger the ubd compact street directories also contained a cityside guide with tourist information . cartography edit the rendering of roads in most city and town maps uses the traditional drawing of two lines with the road name printed in between known as double casing . in the ubd melbourne directory 4 maps show a single line with the name above or below the road to make it more appealing to people familiar with the melway street directory . this mapping style is also used for road atlas maps and main road maps . references edit street directories find their way through gps maze print21 print industry news and information for australia & new zealand . print21.com.au . 2011 09 02 . retrieved 2016 01 30 . ubd gregory s darwin 2013 4th edition brown malcolm august 19 2011 . gregory s relegated to memory lane as directory comes to dead end . smh.drive.com.au . retrieved 5 august 2012 . universal press 2003 ubd 2003 melbourne & surrounds street directory 38th edition external links edit official website gregory s online retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title universal publishers australia & oldid 702437978 categories publishing companies of australia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 january 2016 at 16 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view