May 2012
For Retailers Only . . .

Most of you have been marina, bait & tackle, real estate, and gift shop owners for some time, and so have a pretty good idea how you'd like to do things. We'd now like to make it even simpler! All you need to do to get your Duncan Press order is

• Make your purchase right here, over the Internet, and
• Pay over the Internet with either Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express, or a bank check.
• No waiting for invoices. You'll get your order within the week, sometimes sooner.

Look at the list to your left. Click any list item under under the label "ABOUT OUR STORE." As long as there's a "RETAILER STORES POLICY" label in the line above, you're in the wholesaler's section of the web site.

And remember the simple rules of being a wholesaler:

• Make your order 12 items or more
• Any order over $50.00 will be FREE OF SHIPPING CHARGES!!

That's all there is to it! Now isn't that nice? We think so.

After More than 40 Years, Duncan Press is STILL the Best Boaters' Map of Lake Winnipesaukee...

Why? Look at the illustrations. Duncan Press is the ONLY chart where...

• ...the best marinas are named on the face of the chart, together with the services they offer...from the marinas themselves.
• ...inflows are specified (on all but the Ossipee chart)...based on information by the NH Environmental Services Department.
• ...water depths are marked and colored...based on information by the NH Fish and Game Department.
• ...fish habitats are placed...by the NH Fish and Game Department.
• ...the work is supervised by a world-famous, university-trained cartographer, Stuart Allan. His stature shows.
  For this and numerous other reasons, Duncan Press charts are superlative. Read on...

2002-2010 and Duncan Press's' “New” Design

The Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire "Old Green Map" of 1967-2002 is a classic. Thousands of people over the years have collected them, used them, and, most of all, loved them. Why change a chart that has been so revered for over forty years?

In fact, the new design takes its cue from professional cartographer and founder Duncan Fitchet's Old Green Map design. A large part of the data, too, was taken from Fitchet's old data, but the appearance of the two charts is quite different. Why? A cartographer's examination of 14 features will tell a part of the story. If you are interested in charts and maps, read on. If you are really fascinated in MORE, click here!

...More on the “New” Design: Buoys and their Numbers

In the mid-sixties, Duncan Fitchet used math to place all the buoys securely on the charts...all 700+ of them. Now, in 2011, all the buoys are placed on our chart by Global Positioning System (GPS) waypoints.

Starting in 2003, Marine Patrol employee Jim Beach, using his own GPS, his own boat, and on his own time, 'shot' the buoys, numbered them on paper, fixed their GPS readings, and offered the results to the Marine Patrol and to Sally Fichet. She made Jim's results part of her 3rd edition chart of Lake Winnipesaukee and the prototype editions of the other lakes in the group. In addition, Jim gave Sally Fichet the buoy numbers copyright on all four lakes.

The result is that ninety-nine percent of the 700+ buoys on the Winnipesaukee chart and on three other charts are covered by numbers, as you can see from the previous illustration of Duncan Press buoys.

Now the buoys have individuality. For a full story of how the charts evolved, click here.

About Stuart Allan... and the LOOK of the Duncan Press lake charts...

Internationally-recognized cartographer Stuart Allen and company have created the best 2008 Newfound, as well as 2005 Winnipesaukee and 2004 Winnisquam and Ossipee navigation charts ever made ...

Here's what a Seattle newspaper says about Stuart Allan, the mastermind behind the look of the Duncan Press lake charts.

SEATTLE TIMES
TERRY McDERMOTT
"What distinguishes the maps, quite simply, is that they are beautiful..." Will Tefft of Map Link, a California-based map wholesaler, says without qualification, "Allan Cartography is the best cartographic production company on the continent....When you're dealing with a graphic image, there's an artistry to it. That's Allan Cartography. They have the eye... It's art."

The ONLY charts with these UNIQUE features...

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