Rand McNally also has learned a few things about the vagaries of retailing. It knew how to deal with changing boundaries on maps, but wasn`t prepared for how the changes might translate in the stores.

Before Mapquest and Google Maps hit it big, before built-in GPS screens started appearing on dashboards everywhere, there was Rand McNally & Co. Surprisingly, against the odds, there still is a ...

For a one-time fee of $89.99, participating IntelliRoute TND customers will have access to the latest Rand McNally map updates as long as they own the device.

Then Rand teamed up with Irish cartographer Andrew McNally and they branched out to train schedules and maps, eventually publishing their first road map in 1917.

At the Great American Trucking Show, Rand McNally announced that all IntelliRoute TND GPS purchasers will be eligible to participate in a Lifetime Map Program. For a one-time fee of $89.99 ...

Rand McNally worked with map data provider NAVTEG to incorporate this data. Carriers can use company's IntelliRoute and MileMaker software to customize route for trailers 48 feet or less in length ...

But by the mid-1890s, Colton was kaput, succumbing to an upstart in Chicago called Rand McNally that had embraced a new technology that involved printing maps using wax-covered copper plates.