CMAP has published the region's first base map in over 20 years. The agency developed this map as a resource for planners and local officials. If you work for a municipality, please contact your local council of government, which is helping to hand out the maps to their members. If demand is sufficient, CMAP may print additional copies that would be available to other groups for a fee. As part of its Map Design Competition, the Cartography and Geographic Information Society has chosen CMAP's regional map for its honorable mention award. Our map -- produced in partnership with cartographer Lenny Walther of Northern Illinois University --was in competition with the best maps produced nationwide in 2007. Congratulations The map is available to municipalities free of charge. If demand is sufficient, CMAP may print additional copies that would be available to other groups for a fee. A printable version of the map (3.5MB PDF) is available for download.