CANADIAN OPPORTUNITY: In early May 2026, the largest map publisher in Canada called “Map Art” closed. In 2018 we rolled out a complete line of provincial and city maps for Canada. Initially our customers were the Auto Clubs of Canada and United States. We then began to approach others in Canada…
GM Johnson on television: In the past year are maps have been in TV shows and on TV News. In December 2023 we were interviewed by Cleveland Ohio ABC Channel 5 News. The story is about a Middle School in Maple Heights Ohio. A feel-good story. Follow the link above…
This year Santa Guy was able to visit his granddaughter Annie in Canmore / Banff Alberta. Five Star Maps (FS) news: In 2021 we completed the transaction of Five Star Maps purchase. We closed the Lexington NC location and moved the Five Star inventory to a fulfilment operation based out…
Five Star Maps History Tom and Freida Loggins began in the map business in the late 1980’s working for Map Supply Inc., located in Lexington, North Carolina. At this time Map Supply Inc. was owned and operated by Arless Loggins, Tom’s dad. In 1990 Tom and Freida moved to Texas…
This year Santa Guy had to resort to having a virtual Christmas with my son Clint, Kaleigh and granddaughter Annie. On Dec 16, 2020 GM Johnson Maps bought the assets of Five Star Maps http://www.fivestarmaps.com based in Lexington, NC. Another news release will be coming on this subject, shortly. Five…
History of Global Graphics (GG): Our mapmakers describe themselves as being dedicated to creating the most accurate and user-friendly maps on the market. Our maps, based on satellite imagery and GIS data from several sources, ensure that information is up-to-date and complete. Our style fully utilizes color and clear symbology. Mapmakers since 1967, GLOBAL…
In the last 2 years GM Johnson has published 99 new map titles. The majority were Canadian maps. See previous news for more details about Canada. In North and South Carolina GM Johnson published 16 new maps in 2018. Boone / Blowing Rock / Watauga County, North Carolina Brunswick County,…
Canadian Provincial Large Print Flyer GM Johnson is proud to announce the publishing of 3 New Large Print Provincial Maps: – Nova Scotia / New Brunswick – Saskatchewan – Manitoba GM Johnson now has seven of the ten provinces mapped in Large Print. GM Johnson is the only North American…
With Almost 2,000,000 cruise ship passengers going through Seattle and Vancouver, with most sailing the Inside Passage of British Columbia and South East Alaska. GM Johnson has just published a map of the Inside Passage. Inside Passage / Haida Gwaii / South East Alaska In 2017, Seattle welcomed 218 cruise ships…
This presentation was given by Guy Johnson on November 30, 2016 at the IMIA Americas Conference, San Diego, California. In this time of the changing model of map publishing, collaboration is a way to be more efficient. Why do we need to re make a map that is already…
Download Our Map Covers If you would like to download a ZIP package of all our map covers for your own promotions or marketing you can do so HERE. There is also a link on our product catalogue page to this ZIP file. We have added and updated a bunch of…
To our many customers, suppliers and friends. We would like to introduce you to our newest map of Napa and Sonoma Wine Country. The map cartography is by Global Graphics, H.J. Hesse. The map includes wineries of Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and Lake Counties California. The map has descriptive text on…
We have our first map located in the state of Texas. A street map of Denton / Plano Texas which you can see here: Denton / Plano, Texas We also have worked on many other Texas maps for Rand McNally including: Austin (street) Dallas (street) Fort Worth (street) Houston (street)…
GM Johnson has been creating the Puerto Rico map for AAA for a few years now. The new version has been re-branded with our cover design. Take a look here
We have updated the catalog both online and PDF and EXCEL versions. There have been a few updates to older titles as well as 2 brand new map titles in January you can see here: January: (New Maps) Detroit, Michigan Evansville, Indiana February: (New Maps) Springfield / Decatur, Illinois…
We have updated the catalog both online and PDF and EXCEL versions. There have been a few updates to older titles as well as 7 brand new map titles you can see here: Sedona, Arizona Tri-Cities, Tennessee Brunswick, Georgia Athens, Georgia Augusta, Georgia Fort Pierce, Florida Huntsville, Alabama
We have updated the catalog both online and PDF and EXCEL versions. There have been a few updates to older titles as well as 4 brand new map titles you can see here: St. George Utah Western Kentucky Regional Hopkinsville & Madisonville, Kentucky Portland Regional Map