Founded in 1984 by cartographer and graphic designer Stephan Van Dam, VanDam Maps publishes award-winning StreetSmart, Pop-up, and UNFOLDS® city maps and guides spanning the globe. The company’s unique combination of cartographic skill, production know-how, and patented fold and folding equipment give the critical edge to produce pop-ups like no one else. VanDam makes complex cities clear with attractions, sights and hotels, and public transportation in context. Legible, up-to-date, easy-to-use, and fun, these excellent maps make cities understandable and are a great souvenir.
StreetSmart Maps
StreetSmart Maps are the original, award-winning, laminated, accordion folded, pocket-sized city maps spanning the globe. They map complex cities clearly with attractions, hotels and shops linked to subway and transit stops in context. Legible and up-to-date, they make cities understandable and are a great souvenir.
Features: Highest-quality lamination, tearproof, fun and easy-to-use, legible cartography, 3D building illustrations, and more!
UNFOLDS Maps
When VanDam first introduced its patented UNFOLDS® series of pop-up maps in 1984, it set the standard for making city maps truly accessible, fun to use, and pocket-sized. Over 20 million copies have been sold since.
These tearproof maps unfold to 18 times their original size and then refold automatically, featuring the best information design, legible cartography, 3D building illustrations, and more!
Pop-Up Maps
VanDam's clear cartography and information design in a pocket-sized format people adore. These globally patented maps open to 12 times their original size, then refold automatically when you close the covers.
Features: Machine-folded and tearproof, fully indexed, 3D Buildings, and more!
History Mapped
These maps chart the lives of Great Presidents and put their personal geographies into the context of their age. VanDam's Presidential Maps make these leaders accessible, portable, and understandable to wide audiences of all ages — from history buffs to casual Mall visitors.
A highly detailed Washington D.C. Mall Map — on the reverse of each Life Map — makes each a memorable souvenir, an instant collectible and useful tool to navigate the National Mall for tour groups and individual travelers alike.
New York City Maps
Explore the ins and outs of New York City streets, shopping, arts, transit, and beyond with VanDam’s New York City map collection.