Previously: Mainers Speak Out on the DeLorme Atlas ‘Keep Your Hands Off My Gazetteer’ Maine Reacts to DeLorme’s Acquisition by Garmin Garmin Is Buying DeLorme. The article also notes that, unlike the atlas, Google Maps and GPS don’t indicate road quality-which in rural Maine is very much a thing. “We are still continuing to sell and we don’t expect that to change, um, right away,” said another. It’s been three months since Garmin announced its purchase of DeLorme, and there’s still no word on the future of DeLorme’s Maine Atlas and Gazetteer, at least if this item in the May 2016 issue of Down East is any indication.Īs of press time, Garmin hasn’t committed either to keeping or killing the Gazetteer, but the PR mumbo jumbo doesn’t sound good: “We’re currently evaluating the DeLorme product roadmap, but it’s too early to make any official announcements on our plan going forward,” one press rep told us.

Tags atlas, books, DeLorme, Maine, road atlas It’s ‘Too Early’ to Announce the Fate of the Maine Atlas.Update, 1 Sept.: Bangor Daily News coverage. Previously: It’s ‘Too Early’ to Announce the Fate of the Maine Atlas Mainers Speak Out on the DeLorme Atlas ‘Keep Your Hands Off My Gazetteer’ Maine Reacts to DeLorme’s Acquisition by Garmin Garmin Is Buying DeLorme. Furthermore, we will be revising and updating the atlas series in the coming years, by investing in additional resources and cartography staff based in the Yarmouth facility, formerly the DeLorme headquarters,” Gartner added. “Because the DeLorme name is so well-known and closely associated with the unique feature set and style of the Atlas & Gazetteers, which combines digital cartography with human editing, the product line will continue under the same iconic brand and familiar appearance. We have concluded that these venerated, highly respected products will not only remain as a part of Garmin’s offering, but will continue to be enhanced in the coming months and years,” said Ted Gartner, director of corporate communications for Garmin. “As a part of the acquisition earlier this year and subsequent integration efforts, Garmin recently completed its analysis of DeLorme’s Atlas & Gazetteer business. Everyone in Maine can now relax: Garmin has announced that it’s keeping DeLorme’s entire Atlas and Gazetteer line of paper atlases.

Ever since Garmin announced it was purchasing DeLorme last February, there has been considerable anxiety in Maine over the possibility that the Maine Atlas and Gazetteer would be discontinued.

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