The king of American map publishing comes back strongly after being passed up by online mapping

The Chicago Sun-Times gives us a snapshot of America’s preeminent paper map publisher, who grew into the undoubted titan on American map publishing, even to the point of acquiring Thomas Bros maps in 1999 only to enter bankruptcy in 2003 after mounting a failing effort to keep up with internet mappers such as Mapquest and Google.

The verdict today is considerably brighter; under a new CEO, RMN has divested itself of its chain of retail shops (still selling its published product in thousands of stores nationwide) and is undergoing a period of growth.

[1] Read what the Sun-Times has to say here.