DeLorme is a topographic and road mapping company based in Yarmouth, Maine, United States. There are other places named Yarmouth. Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Founded in 1976, DeLorme is most famous for its paper atlases and gazetteers of all fifty U.S. states. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An atlas is a collection of Maps typically of Earth or a region of Earth but there are atlases of the other planets (and their satellites in the solar system A gazetteer is a geographical Dictionary or directory, an important reference for information about places and place names (see Toponomy) used in conjunction A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government DeLorme is also a leading mapping software publisher. Its products include Street Atlas USA, XMap, Topo USA and Earthmate GPS receivers (PN-20, BT-20, and LT-20). Basic concept of GPS operation A GPS receiver calculates its position by carefully timing the signals sent by the constellation of GPS Satellites high above the Earth
Its headquarters is also home to Eartha, the world's largest rotating and revolving globe. Eartha, the world's largest rotating and revolving Globe, is located within the headquarters of the DeLorme mapping A globe is a three- Dimensional scale model of Earth ( terrestrial globe) or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet star or moon
See also
- Maps of the United States
- Geospatial
External links
- Company Website
- DeLorme Street Atlas 2008 review - a review by Laptop GPS World
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