PUBLICATIONS FRENCH MAPS
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• Michelin's maps of France are now available in atlas form. The whole of France is covered. The Michelin Road Atlas Of France, price £15, hardback is designed for home reference, while the Michelin Motoring Atlas France, price 27.95 in large-page format, is for in-car use.
The principal maps are to a scale of 1:200,000 include such in-depth details such as road widths and surfaces, distances from town to town and potential restrictions such as height and weight limits. Symbols show tourist sites, places of interest and sporting facilities as well as many other features including references to Michelin's Red and Green Guides.
Complementary features in the Michelin Motoring Atlas France include a route planning map, a 1:100,000 of Paris and its suburbs, area maps of major provincial centres, a detailed street map of Paris, time and distance charts, and an index to the main maps.
The Michelin Road Atlas Of France, includes 168 pages of 1:200,000 maps. A larger area around Paris is covered at a scale of 1:100,000 and there is an indexed street map of the capital. Snow-affected roads are covered by schematic maps. There are indexed maps of more than 50 city and major town centres, including the Channel ferry ports.
Commercial Motor staff were most impressed by the Motoring Atlas's attention to detail, its legibility and its durable and handsome cover.
For further information contact: Michelin Tyre PLC, Davy House, Lyon Road, Harrow, Middlesex HAI 2DQ, phone 01-861 2121.