by Christopher O'Keeffe
July 30, 2026
Tourism maps do far more than help visitors find their way. They define destinations, connect attractions into itineraries, influence visitor dispersal, support local businesses, communicate culture, strengthen safety and reveal where tourism investment is needed. Christopher O’Keeffe explains how tourism organisations can use paper, digital and wall maps to shape the visitor economy they want.
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by Christopher O'Keeffe
July 29, 2026
Australia has never depended on mapping more, yet the traditional map industry has contracted. Christopher O’Keeffe examines the rise and fall of dedicated GPS, COVID’s impact on international and wall-map demand, the paper-map renaissance, geographic literacy, government mapping, tourism, emergency preparedness and the hybrid future of Australian cartography.
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by Christopher O'Keeffe
July 28, 2026
The Canning Stock Route crosses approximately 1,850 kilometres of remote Western Australian desert between Wiluna and Billiluna. This guide compares the dedicated Westprint route map, the Westate guidebook, Hema desert mapping, the fourteen relevant 1:250,000 topographic sheets, WA road maps and planning wall maps—creating a layered navigation kit for one of Australia’s most demanding four-wheel-drive expeditions.
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