The Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco is the urban manual to the city that no San Franciscan should be without. This map-based guidebook organizes the city into forty mapped neighbourhoods, & marks each map with user-friendly icons locating all of the essential services & entertainment hotspots. From post offices, libraries, restaurants, bars, & hardware stores to information on hotels, airports, public transportation, & city parks, NFT puts everything you need to know at your fingertips. The book also

Includes:: a fold-out map showing highways, rail transit, & bike routes. NFT: the OTHER San Francisco treat.

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The Not For Tourists Guide to Washington DC divides the city into forty-six mapped neighborhoods. Each map is marked by NFT's user-friendly icons, which help locate the essential services & entertainment venues in the area. From restaurants, bars, shopping, & museums to information on airports, public transportation, landmarks, & city events, NFT puts it all right at your fingertips. ...

This companion guide to the top-selling Guide to the National Parks of Canada showcases 236 national historic sites of Parks Canada. Published for holiday 2016, & on the eve of Canada`s 150th anniversary in 2017, it gives visitors fact-packed text that features history & natural history & must-see elements & events at each place. Great visuals & poetic insight into the lands & events reveal how Canada grew into the creative, thriving, & proudly independent nation it is today. Each entry gives the site`s unique story & how it contributes to the greater story of Canada. ...

This pocket guide takes the authority & reputation of ” National Geographic`s” top-selling ” Field Guide to the Birds of North America” & turn it short & sweet. Here is a book that meets the same standards of excellence, trimmed down in size & content, tailored to the needs of an eager beginner who may not want to invest in a more comprehensive field guide. Affordable, beautifully illustrated, & easy to carry, this entry-level birding title will welcome newcomers to an activity enjoyed by millions. ...

See the best of Venice with this streamlined walking guide, complete with step-by-step itineraries & maps to help you explore the city like a pro & navigate like a local. Created in a handy, take-along format, this guide is written by a seasoned travel writer to help conjure the spirit of the place in elegant text enhanced by National Geographic`s famous eye for good pictures. More than just a guidebook, Walking Venice is full of information about the city & its people. ...

Children love animals
- this book uses stunning photography & colorful maps combine to make this a fun & informative atlas
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area in an excellent series of detailed maps from Harms Verlag, a German publisher specializing in coverage of the country. All titles are contoured, indicate various types of terrain and/or vegetation, & carry plenty of tourist information. The maps provide a good supplement for their very attractive map of the whole of Tanzania.* In this title:* a contoured map of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, plus an enlargement for the Ngorongoro Crater itself. On the main map coverage

Includes:: much of Lake Manyara, northern Lake Enyasi & part of the adjacent Serengeti Plain in the north-west. Topography is very attractively presented by contour lines at 100m intervals, spot heights, & subtle relief shading, & the map indicates various types of terrain & vegetation: lava, sand or mud, soda flats, swamps, forest, bush, etc. The map shows local roads & unpaved seasonal tracks, entry gates, rangers’ posts & information points, hotels & lodges, petrol stations, sites of interest, hospitals, campsites & hostels, view points, etc. Boundaries of the park & conservation/game control areas are clearly marked. The map has a UTM grid, with latitude & longitude margin ticks at 5` intervals. On the reverse side a more detailed map at 1:60, 000 (with 50m contours) shows the Ngorongoro Crater, indicating campsite, lodges, observation points, etc. There are also extensive notes in English, French & German describing the area & regulations for visitors. Map legend also

Includes:: Kiswahili.



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Ngorongoro Conservation Area in a series of brightly coloured maps of Tanzania’s national parks & conservation areas in Maco Editions` characteristic h&-drawn style of cartography. The maps include plenty of tourist information & enlargements for the most visited areas & hiking routes, with many titles providing a vivid picture of the changes to the terrain & vegetation during the dry & the wet seasons. The maps are illustrated in the margins with beautiful drawings of local flora and/or fauna & animal footprints for easy identification.* In this title:* the Conservation Area, with enlargements on the reverse contrasting the Ngorongoro crater during the dry & wet seasons. The main map indicates various types of terrain & vegetation: gorges, escarpments, active or dormant volcanoes, soda lakes, cultivated areas, various types of woodlands, tall or dried grasses, etc. The map shows local roads & unpaved seasonal tracks, conservation area gates, hotels & lodges, campsites, view points, petrol stations, hospitals & clinics, etc. No geographical coordinates are given. On the reverse two drawings contrast the Ngorongoro crater itself during the dry & wet seasons, indicating the changes in the size of Lake Magadi, the Mandusi Swamps, etc. The map is illustrated in the margins with beautiful drawings of local flora. ...

Ngorongoro is, without doubt, one of the world's truly amazing places. It has been called the 8th Wonder of the World, & in 1979 was designated a World Heritage Site. At 20km across, & over 600m deep, it is the largest unbroken, unflooded crater on the planet. Adjacent to the Ngorongoro Crater is the other equally spectacular volcanic scenery such as Embakaai, Olmoti & the frequently erupting Maasai Mountain of God, Oldonyo Lengai. & yet, despite its dramatic & violent past, Ngorongoro Crater & the surrounding Ngorongoro Conservation Area (the NCA), play host to an incredible concentration of wildlife. But this wildlife extravaganza has also been home to humans for millions of years. At Oldupai Gorge have been found some of the oldest humanoid remains ever discovered. Over thousands of years, different people have come & gone, & today, over 40 000 Maasai & their herds still live & follow their traditional way of life, within the NCA. ...

Very fine quality raster mapping, with adjustable height shading. Other features include:-:: Customizeable::zoomable::georeferenced::GPS compatable::generate elevation profiles::calculate distances::seamless::indexed::stackable with other maps::built in database. ...