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Walk There! maps win highest honor
July 2009, several Metro staff attended the Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI) International User Conference in San Diego. The conference, the world's largest event dedicated to geographic information system (GIS) technology, drew more than 12,000 attendees. Each year the conference includes a Poster Gallery, a large football field-sized room filled with more than 2,000 posters competing in 16 categories.
Walk There! was entered into the Best Cartographic Design: Map Series or Atlas – Press Copy category by Matthew Hampton, a senior transportation planner, and Eric Goetze, a member of Metro’s creative services team. Eight maps from the guide were presented along with informational content about the Walk There! program. The maps took first place in this particular category and later went on to win best overall, beating out all other first-place finishers and prevailing over 2,000 entries.
Walk There! is an exceptional guide book.
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Laura Foster is the walkingest woman in Portland. Walking isn't a sport for Laura Foster. It's what humans are meant to do--Walk There! If you need to get somewhere, then just walk there. Laura is retro-walking in a big way. No new shoes, no new duds, just walk like you are supposed to and notice your world while you are walking. You will live longer and grow stronger. Do try to join Laura Foster on one of her many walking tours. She teaches history while she leads walks.
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Walk There!: 50 Treks in and around Portland and Vancouver by Laura Foster
Lake Boggan, August 12, 2009
Walk There! maps win highest honorJuly 2009, several Metro staff attended the Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI) International User Conference in San Diego. The conference, the world's largest event dedicated to geographic information system (GIS) technology, drew more than 12,000 attendees. Each year the conference includes a Poster Gallery, a large football field-sized room filled with more than 2,000 posters competing in 16 categories.
Walk There! was entered into the Best Cartographic Design: Map Series or Atlas – Press Copy category by Matthew Hampton, a senior transportation planner, and Eric Goetze, a member of Metro’s creative services team. Eight maps from the guide were presented along with informational content about the Walk There! program. The maps took first place in this particular category and later went on to win best overall, beating out all other first-place finishers and prevailing over 2,000 entries.
Walk There! is an exceptional guide book.
(5 of 7 readers found this comment helpful)
Walk There!: 50 Treks in and around Portland and Vancouver by Laura Foster
Lake Boggan, May 18, 2009
Laura Foster is the walkingest woman in Portland. Walking isn't a sport for Laura Foster. It's what humans are meant to do--Walk There! If you need to get somewhere, then just walk there. Laura is retro-walking in a big way. No new shoes, no new duds, just walk like you are supposed to and notice your world while you are walking. You will live longer and grow stronger. Do try to join Laura Foster on one of her many walking tours. She teaches history while she leads walks.(11 of 12 readers found this comment helpful)