US and World Desk Map (13" x 18" Laminated) for Students, Home or Classroom Use by Lighthouse Geographics

I got tired of trying of looking at a map of the USA on my phone to show my young grandkids so decided to give this map a try. It is perfect! The size and details are wonderful. It is exciting to the grandkids to point out the states when they can see them in a large size. One side is the USA and the other side is the World. Laminated and high quality.

Just got ours today for our students and I really like the quality. They are double-sided and laminated which is awesome. We plan to use them for teaching longitude and latitude and I tried out one of the coordinates to check to make sure it was accurate, it was. I'm excited to use these and likely will order more in the future!

This is the perfect size for sitting on the table while homeschooling. We readily keep it out smooth reference while schooling. So much easier than running to the wall to look each time. It's not a super zoomed in view but we keep larger wall maps for those situations. Good price. Bright colors. Laminated and thick which makes it durable. It's a great tool for teaching kids.

This is a nice map, and is easy to read. Unfortunately it arrived with creases because it was put into a thin envelope and sent through USPS, where it was folded up to get put into our mailbox. It should have been packaged with some sturdy cardboard and marked Do Not Fold.

Had been using a small 5x7 foldable map for referencing geographic locations mentioned in books and news articles. Map was not current so finally upgraded. This one is roughly the size of a placemat and not foldable so while not as convenient it's bright, nice lamination, easy to read and reflects a lot of updated information so very pleased. Will likely buy a few for Toys for Tots drive next year.

Our family of 4 is a globe trotting family with 2-3 vacations each year and mostly traveling abroad. This is a great tool along with a globe to show our 9 years old daughter where we have been and we we will be going. Antarctica is a bit stretched out and made too big but what happens when you flatten out a sphere. Along with the globe it is easy to explain to my daughter the scale of things and how they distorts when flatten out to a 2D map.This along with our travel has really piqued her interest in international affairs as well as the history of each place we were and where we will be going. She likes to read up on our vacation destination before we go even going as far as practicing hello, thank you and other useful words in the native languages.

Perfect size laminated US/World map for reference.

My husband and I enjoy using these maps as a placemat and a learning tool to help us quickly locate states and countries we plan to visit. We learn a lot from having these placemats in front of us every day.