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Streetwise Jerusalem Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Jerusalem, Israel - Folding pocket size travel map Map – Folded Map, February 1, 2014
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"Don't leave home without STREETWISE" -- New York Times
"STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential" -- Travel & Leisure
"In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE." --Chicago Daily Herald
"STREETWISE is an absolute travel essential" -- Travel & Leisure
"In a strange city, your sense of direction is only as good as the map in your hands. The best maps to carry are published by STREETWISE." --Chicago Daily Herald
About the Author
STREETWISE® is the first map to be designed with modern graphics and is the originator of the laminated, accordion-fold map format. We’ve set the standard that every map company has imitated but never duplicated. Our mission is to make you feel comfortable, to make you feel safe in a place where you’ve never been before and to enable you to experience a familiar place more fully.
The company was founded in 1984 by Michael Brown, who had been in international publishing for many years, setting up subsidiaries for textbook publishers. In the 1970’s, Brown traveled extensively throughout Africa, India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. Brown would take a large paper map, cut out the city center, folded it up and slip it into his pocket, thus preventing him from looking like a tourist in areas where discretion is the better part of travel. This was his tool for surviving.
After many years on the road, Brown settled back in New York and decided to start his own business, based on the adaptations he had made to maps in his travels. His goal was to give someone the ability to navigate easily in unfamiliar terrain.
He started with a new map format: the accordion fold. Such a simple idea, but at the time it was revolutionary. No more struggling to fold an awkward, oversized paper map. This new format would enable the user to blend in like a native, instead of stick out like a tourist. Brown then added lamination to ensure that the map would be a lasting tool.
More important than the format was the design of the map itself. It had to be a map that not only succeeded above and beyond any map he had used, but was esthetically appealing as well. The look of it had to be as striking as the functionality. Color was introduced in a way that was never seen before in a map - vivid purple for water, soothing gray for the background of street grids, gold to highlight elements of the map. Clarity, conciseness and convenience in a very stylish package.
Building the business was a 24 hour job. Brown sold the maps during the day, zipping around Manhattan making deliveries on his Harley Davidson. At night he packed the orders and did the design work. More titles were added, each title requiring months of research and design.
Today, STREETWISE® produces over 130 titles for major destinations, regions and countries throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Europe, the United Kingdom and Asia. We have grown from the back of a motorcycle to selling millions of maps around the world.
Yet each title is still painstakingly researched and updated. STREETWISE® is one of the only, if not THE only map company that conducts research by walking or driving an area to ensure accuracy. After all, what good is the map if what you hold in your hands doesn’t match what you see on the street sign? This lengthy fact checking results in superior accuracy; in effect, we’ve done the work, now you have the adventure.
In the end, it’s not about the map, it’s about getting out and finding your own authentic experience wherever you go. It’s about being in a city or a region and discovering things that you never thought you would find. You can do this if you have confidence and you have confidence if you have a great map. STREETWISE® is the great map that you need.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
By
Emily Mathis
on June 13, 2007
I used this map in Israel in 2003 and LOVED it -- and was in fact the envy of my class. I left it with a friend only on condition that she return it to me immediately upon returning to the states, and even then it was tough to leave behind. Anyway, since the other reviewer didn't like it, it seemed important to add a voice from the other side. It's laminated and foldy, like FastMaps, and while it includes even tiny streets, it's not at all hard to read. There is also an index of cultural sites, hotels, gardens, points of interest, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim sites, and other stuff. And while it will not actually pick you up and bring you to Duffy's jewelry store or to the fabulous shwarma place in the old city, you will feel like it did. I'm packing it when I go again in a week! (summer 2007)
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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R. I. Dukes
on March 7, 2008
I never go to Israel without two of these. I am a map-o-phile and personally have many maps of Israel and Jerusalem. Some are in English and some are in Hebrew. This is the ONE map of Jerusalem that I highly reccomend to those who visit Israel with us. It's laminated, accordion-fold and easy to read.
As for the negative review, I understand the statement about the complexity, however there is no way to have less content with an accordion fold. I would suggest a larger scale map for planning at home and the hotel, and use the StreetWise map for walking.
As for the negative review, I understand the statement about the complexity, however there is no way to have less content with an accordion fold. I would suggest a larger scale map for planning at home and the hotel, and use the StreetWise map for walking.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Harry Swofford
on March 8, 2009
We just returned from 2 weeks in Israel. We took this map with us. The Old City can seem very confusing due to its small streets and closeness. Using the map, I always knew where I was, and even used it to walk out the Damascus gate to our hotel, about 3/4 mile away.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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RichardW
on March 10, 2013
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The street signs in Jerusalem have 3 versions of the street name. Hebrew (in Hebrew characters), English, Arab (in Arabic script).
The names are often very different in each of the languages.
The street names on the map for the old city are the English sound a like transliterations of the Hebrew names.
Those names do not appear on the street signs in English.
For example: Via Dolorosa (English name on the street signs) leading to the Lion's gate is listed on this map as "Sha'ar Ha'arayot" (that is actually the Hebrew name for Lion's Gate).
(Correction: it actually says "Via Dolorosa" for the continuation of the street. The signs for the street they label as "Sha'ar Ha'arayot" also read Via Dolorosa. But, you would not know that from this map.
In the new city we stayed near King Solomon St. That was the English name on the street signs.
The name listed on the map was:"Shlomo Hamelech". That corresponded to the Hebrew name on the sign: שלם המלך.
If you can't read Hebrew characters, this map will be mostly useless to you.
The names are often very different in each of the languages.
The street names on the map for the old city are the English sound a like transliterations of the Hebrew names.
Those names do not appear on the street signs in English.
For example: Via Dolorosa (English name on the street signs) leading to the Lion's gate is listed on this map as "Sha'ar Ha'arayot" (that is actually the Hebrew name for Lion's Gate).
(Correction: it actually says "Via Dolorosa" for the continuation of the street. The signs for the street they label as "Sha'ar Ha'arayot" also read Via Dolorosa. But, you would not know that from this map.
In the new city we stayed near King Solomon St. That was the English name on the street signs.
The name listed on the map was:"Shlomo Hamelech". That corresponded to the Hebrew name on the sign: שלם המלך.
If you can't read Hebrew characters, this map will be mostly useless to you.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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Robert E. White
on January 23, 2009
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This is a wonderful map for use in touring Jerusalem. Scale is right and detail is excellent. Highly recommended.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Barry L. Isaacs
on October 24, 2008
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I have been waiting for this updated version to come out for years. Now the Jerusalem Zoo, among other important sites, can be found with ease. These are the best travel maps I have ever used.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Walter Sobchak
on November 28, 2008
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I've been in Jerusalem for one month from the states and this map is the one to get if you want to easily plot your location and were you want to go.....I have three other classic style maps.......the laminated streetwise map is the one I reach for when I walk out the door. It will fit in the back pocket of my Levi's and it doesn't get trashed, ripped, or wrinkled. My expat colleagues here all ask me where I got my map.........they all would like one too
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Wade Waters
on June 6, 2012
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This map is worth the money... I'm finding it very useful and fun to use. It is well put together and compact.
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