Once this photolettering process was refined, it was applied to our United States map supplement in the May 1933 National Geographic. Shortly thereafter, Society cartographer Charles E.

The U.S. Board ... Geographic Names Information System. Since the board’s decisions are binding only for the federal ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at the time.