Geosciences Australia to stop printing and selling topographic maps from December
Bushwalkers and map sellers say the decision to stop printing and selling topographic maps for Australia will put people's safety at risk and impact on our understanding of remote Australia.
The ABC can reveal the Commonwealth agency that prints and issues the maps, Geosciences Australia, will print its last run on Friday, December 13 this year.
In a world of Google Maps and GPS navigation devices, people simply are not buying them, according to Geosciences Australia chief scientist Dr Steven Hill.
"The demand for printed hardcopy maps has decreased quite rapidly," he said.
"The costs of storing and maintaining those maps, and updating them in a printed form, is becoming increasingly large, so the value proposition is not there in the way that it used to be."
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-03/geosciences-australia-stop-printing-and-selling-topographic-maps/11566698
The ABC can reveal the Commonwealth agency that prints and issues the maps, Geosciences Australia, will print its last run on Friday, December 13 this year.
In a world of Google Maps and GPS navigation devices, people simply are not buying them, according to Geosciences Australia chief scientist Dr Steven Hill.
"The demand for printed hardcopy maps has decreased quite rapidly," he said.
"The costs of storing and maintaining those maps, and updating them in a printed form, is becoming increasingly large, so the value proposition is not there in the way that it used to be."
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-03/geosciences-australia-stop-printing-and-selling-topographic-maps/11566698
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