Long Island must be a special challenge for map makers.

"Right now, map makers around the country are all calling each other to find out what's going on."

Some map makers have not been content to stop at the city's surface.

But for some map makers, less has changed than meets the eye.

Since map makers knew the island was named after him, they followed suit.

Even with such improvements, however, difficult times seem likely to persist for map makers.

Until the turn of the century, for example,little map makers flourished, but they are no longer encouraged.

Plant hardiness data is also being used by other map makers.

He was among the first successful commercial map makers.

Lindquist died in February 2007 after 31 years as a map maker.