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An ideal reference piece for home, classroom, or office, the Rand McNally Full Color Laminated World Wall Map uses Gall stereographic projections to show countries and continents truer to their relative size. Map features include durable lamination that allows for endless opportunities for lessons and game playing, and bold colors and detailed cartography.

This map also features color-matching relief on mountain ranges and other elevation changes, and latitude and longitude marks.  Measures 32 x 50 inches.

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Garmin continues to build up its nüvi 7xx series portableGPS navigators with its nüvi 755T, which adds a number of communication features to an already impressive list of specs, including a 4.3-inch widescreen display, text-to-speech capabilities, media player, and FM transmitter for transmitting audio–including directions and MP3 music and audiobooks–from the device to your car radio.

New to the nüvi 7×5 lineup is Garmin’s HotFix satellite prediction (which locates your position quickly and precisely), Lane Assist (which provides lane guidance and junction views when possible), automatic time zone transitioning, and 3D Building views as well as Garmin Connect Photos to help you visually ascertain your position. Additionally, the nüvi 755T includes free real-time traffic updates from Navteq (for the life of the device) via the included GTM 20 traffic receiver.

As with all nüvis, you get Garmin reliability, the fast satellite lock of an integrated high-sensitivity receiver, a slim, pocket-sized design with a gorgeous display, an easy, intuitive interface, and detailed NAVTEQ maps for North America (United States, Canada and Puerto Rico) with more than 6 million name-searchable points of interest.

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Garmin continues to build up its nüvi 7xx series portable GPS navigators with its nüvi 765T, which adds a number of handy routing and communication features to an already impressive list of specs, including a 4.3-inch widescreen display, text-to-speech capabilities, media player, and FM transmitter for transmitting audio–including directions and MP3 music and audiobooks–from the device to your car radio. The nüvi 765T comes preloaded with highly detailed City Navigator NT road maps from Navteq for the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. This map database features nearly six million points of interest (POIs), including hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. Garmin’s interface is a key to their success and one of the things that makes their devices such a pleasure to use. Simple controls and sub-screens make it easy to enter or search for destinations and get data about your trip.   (more…)

Constellation on earth. The black-ocean globe may have a heavenly appearance, but it shows the earth s expanse. The Orion s 12″ sphere and antique pewter finished, solid steel base, and die cast semi-meridian make it perfect for any desktop. And just as Orion blazes in the night sky, this Orion lights at the touch of a button-a perfect feature to set a nighttime mood for a unique viewing experience.Diameter: 12″ (30 cm)Height: 17″ (43 cm)Weight: 4.6 lbs. (2.1 kg)

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Full colour, easy-to-read, physical relief mapping of the USA, with 30% larger scale maps than those featured in the Standard atlas. It contains over 300 inset maps of major cities and towns, with indexes on relevant pages. It also features a historic parks, battlefields and National Parks locator, useful state facts and figures, and a mileage and driving times map. There are also 6 pages of illustrated sightseeing and holiday tips from Insight Guides.

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