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Canvas case for road maps. Est. cost: $5.
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS Jul 1987 (v.65#7) pg. 72, 112

How to read weather maps.
BOYS' LIFE Oct 1964 (v.54#10) pg. 52

Five ways to weatherproof maps.
BOYS' LIFE Apr 1965 (v.55#4) pg. 40

Map your home town.
BOYS' LIFE Apr 1965 (v.55#4) pg. 44

Measuring bow made from a yardstick, string, and dowel. Used in map making.
BOYS' LIFE Jun 1965 (v.55#6) pg. 56

Maps and how to use them. How to read a topographic map. Includes map and compass quiz.
BOYS' LIFE Dec 1969 (v.59#12) pg. 64

How to read a topographical map.
BOYS' LIFE Oct 1977 (v.67#10) pg. 74

How to protect a topographical map from getting tattered.
BOYS' LIFE May 1978 (v.68#5) pg. 78

How to map your canoe stream.
BOYS' LIFE Jun 1979 (v.69#6) pg. 18

How to map the bottom of a pond.
BOYS' LIFE Apr 1980 (v.70#4) pg. 50

How to read a topographical map.
BOYS' LIFE May 1980 (v.70#5) pg. 52

Map meter. Make a simple tool that has a calibrated wheel that rolls along a map and converts inches into miles.
BOYS' LIFE Dec 1983 (v.73#12) pg. 56

Reading a topographic map. Some tips.
BOYS' LIFE Jun 1995 (v.85#6) pg. 18

Computer generated maps. Part 1. Drawing maps from accumulated tables of data.
BYTE May 1979 (v.4#5) pg. 10

Computer generated maps. Part 2. BASIC subroutine for generating general purpose, perspective projection maps.
BYTE Jun 1979 (v.4#6) pg. 100

Program for an Apple II computer draws an outline map of the United States.
BYTE Oct 1979 (v.4#10) pg. 18

How to plot a map from a land description.
COUNTRYSIDE & SMALL STOCK JOURNAL Nov-Dec 1995 (v.79#6) pg. 70

How to make maps into envelopes.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Jul-Aug 1978 (v.9#6) pg. 24

World animal map worked in oblique slav stitches and couching outlines is an embroidered outline map of the world with twenty animals in their native areas.
DECORATING & CRAFT IDEAS Sep 1978 (v.9#7) pg. 34, 55, 60

Amateur radio and shortwave listening enthusiasts can use this modified globe to calculate the actual distance to the source of a radio signal.
ELEMENTARY ELECTRONICS Mar-Apr 1973 (v.13#2) pg. 65

How to sew a denim map case.
FAMILY CIRCLE Nov 1 1979 (v.92#15) pg. 92, 144

World globe and stand made entirely out of wood. A complicated project requiring the construction of a special jig to cut the segments for the sphere.
FINE WOODWORKING #14 Jan-Feb 1979 pg. 61

Topographical maps. Tips for rockhounds on using "topo" maps to locate field trip sites.
LAPIDARY JOURNAL Aug 1985 (v.39#5) pg. 34

Padded wall map of the United States (36"x48").
McCALLS NEEDLEWORK & CRAFTS Aug 1987 (v.32#4) pg. 60, 95

Cherry wood globe stand. Holds a 12" globe. Est. cost: $10.
MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED #493 Jun 1969 (v.65) pg. 36

How to read and understand technical maps, such as topographic, geologic, and soil survey maps.
MOTHER EARTH NEWS #72 Nov-Dec 1981 pg. 98

Roll-up map case has pockets to hold road maps.
NEEDLE & THREAD Jul-Aug 1982 (v.2#4) pg. 17, 32, 47

How to obtain and read United States Geological Survey maps.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jun 1969 (v.131#6) pg. 130

Floor stand for a 12" globe is 23" high with a 16-1/2" diameter equatorial ring.
POPULAR MECHANICS Jul 1969 (v.132#1) pg. 169

How to make a map of your own property. Includes instructions for making a plane table (portable drawing board) and an alidade (a straightedge with a pair of sights).
POPULAR SCIENCE Oct 1974 (v.205#4) pg. 118

Make a map of your land.
SCIENCE & MECHANICS Nov 1963 (v.34#11) pg. 81

Charting a watershed to make a cartographer's point. Amateur cartography of a watershed illustrates that an ecosystem goes beyond political boundaries.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN May 1993 (v.268#5) pg. 134

Constructing a simple motorized base to revolve a globe.
SKY & TELESCOPE Mar 1997 (v.93#3) pg. 93

Gifts from the kitchen, garden, and heart. (1) Citrus curd. (2) Family photo ornaments. (3) Simmering spice potpourri. (4) Southwest bonsai. (5) Chili chocolate truffles. (6) Personalized maps. (7) Fresh foliage rings to decorate candles.
SUNSET Dec 1994 (v.193#6) pg. 82

Global turning. Make a small, hollow sphere from wood and equip it with an axle and stand to form a miniature world globe.
WOODTURNING #82 Dec 1999 pg. 37

Oak globe stand is designed to support the 16" globe and ring available from Mason & Sullivan (West Yarmouth MA).
WOODWORKER'S JOURNAL Sep-Oct 1989 (v.13#5) pg. 35

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