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Map of the Month: Panamap

June 2nd, 2010

Says who? The International Cartographic Association, that’s who! Winner of the Jury Prize at the 24th International Cartography Conference in Santiago, Chile.

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Panamap Scores Triple Hat Trick (ie, 9 awards)

July 29th, 2009

UMI’s Panamap has done it again. Won an award, that is. This time it’s the BusinessWeek/IDSA IDEA awards and we took home the Bronze in a competition with over 1600 entries.

Panamap Named Best of Show for HOW Design Awards

March 18th, 2009

The Panamap has done it again–this time named Best of Show in the 2009 HOW International Design Awards.The recently-relaunched map was named best overall product from over 3,000 entries.

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- The official news

TechCrunch Gets Mappy

August 21st, 2008

We’re confident in saying the TechCrunch readership doesn’t extend far beyond the geographic region of San Francisco and is limited to the techno-entrepreneurial-investor-type community outside of our bubble. That said, it’s nice to get some exposure for the Panamap with the ‘in’ crowd. This afternoon’s post for your reading pleasure, and the straight video for you pleasure-seekers:

Map Porn

August 14th, 2008

The Panamap, ready for a full page spread (with very little retouching–she is a natural beauty!)

The Map Gets All Gussied Up

August 12th, 2008

This morning Umibot stood by and watched his fame fade–being upstaged by the Panamap can only be described as bittersweet.

If the Panamap could talk, it would say something like “Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close up.”

Panamap Ready and Available…

August 7th, 2008

It’s on (sale). We’re excited. PR push begins this Monday. A few thousand postcards of the below will travel the mailbags of the world to raise awareness.

You can buy your Panamap online or soon at a select retailer near you…

The Map Is Back (Panamap, that is…)

July 25th, 2008

We’re getting ever closer…

The Map Is Back

July 21st, 2008

This is big news. Umibot had to go into a cooling facility as he (she?) overclocked just thinking about this…Previous self-initiated rumors are correct. The map, in fact, *is* back. The Panamap is back…very soon. Until then, watch for the signs.

Panamap (Probably) Coming Soon…

April 11th, 2008

Umibot’s crazy excited about bringing back the award-winning Panamap, and we’re a few steps closer. Panamap is now out on its own. Much happening behind the scenes, and more info to come soon…