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East View Geospatial Acquires Raven Maps & Images

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, USA – September 24, 2024 – East View Geospatial (EVG) is constantly seeking new opportunities to provide you quality data and phenomenal maps. Now with Raven Maps & Images, transform your wall into a detailed geographical landscape. With over three decades in the wall map industry, Raven Maps & Images has constantly raised the bar with their representational and precise maps.   

Starting in 1986, Stuart Allan, Michael Beard and Scott McLeod set up shop with a goal of producing large-format state topographic maps. In the following years, they developed a distinguished style that turns maps into works of art and a following that recognizes this is a product you can not find anywhere else. East View is proud to continue this esteemed legacy, ensuring that these beloved maps continue to be available to map enthusiasts, collectors, and professionals alike.

“We are thrilled to welcome Raven Maps into the East View portfolio,” said Kent Lee, CEO of East View Companies. “Raven Maps has been a trusted name in the cartographic world, known for their exceptional quality and artistic approach to mapmaking. We are deeply committed to keeping the exacting standards that Raven Maps has always represented with the talented cartographers, now in our employ, who have been instrumental in developing these iconic maps.”

East View is committed to advancing the art of cartography. We plan to continue the production of Raven Maps’ most popular titles and exploring opportunities for new products while staying true to what makes Raven Maps great.


About East View

East View was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. East View is comprised of East View Information Services (www.eastview.com), East View Geospatial (www.geospatial.com) and East View Map Link (www.evmaplink.com). East View maintains thousands of supplier/publisher relationships throughout the world for maps and geospatial data and Slavic, Arabic and Chinese-produced social and hard science content. East View manages a data center, library and warehouse in Minneapolis where it hosts and stores dozens of foreign language databases, hundreds of thousands of maps and atlases and millions of geospatial, Slavic, Chinese and Arabic metadata records.

Uncommon Information. Extraordinary Places. East View.