The company works with a contractor who flies high above Houston every few weeks taking high-resolution images, which Hubbs overlays with the signature map and sells to clients. Who remembers these bad boys? - Rod Ryan Show March 6, 2020īut in addition to the original orange-bound map book, Hubbs started offering one-of-a-kind products, including custom aerial photography. They still make their signature Key Map book mostly used by realtors, firefighters and blood-thirsty media types tasked with chasing ambulances (like yours truly, once upon a time). In the time since he took over the business, Hubbs and company have debuted a series of new products that have kept them afloat well into 2021. Hubbs saw the shifting customer base as an opportunity rather than a death knell. Jen Marie Rau is the former owner and president at Key Maps. The Houston Map Company, as Key Map is known now, wants you to think more about maps – from a table tennis court to a wall in your living room.Ī longtime employee, Hubbs took over the business in 2016 after the previous owner, Jen Marie Rau, called it quits.Īt the time, Rau (daughter of Key Map founder Jim Rau) lamented the rise in online mapping services like Google Maps and Apples Maps, according to Tony Freemantle in the Houston Chronicle. It might not be regulation, but this Ping-Pong table made with a map of Houston turns heads. "We can put a map on anything," Hubbs said leaning against a custom Ping-Pong table with a map of Houston as the playing surface. But that hasn't stopped Key Map owner and cartographer Steve Hubbs from ushering in a new class of clientele.
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