22 Aug 2025

Map store owner believes physical maps are going nowhere

From Checkpoint, 4:10 pm on 22 August 2025

Feeling a bit lost, need a sense of direction, the old school answer to that problem could be a map. The rise of virtual maps and apps that pinpoint your exact location via your phone means it is now almost impossible to get lost and the real world map has become a bit of fading rockstar. But not for Murray Jones, who has owned The Map and Chart shop, one the few remaining specialist map shop in the country for the past 30 years. Murray Jones spoke to Lisa Owen.