Road Atlas
I just ordered a new Garmin, we have AAA maps of the states, smartphones with all of that however I enjoy looking through the good old Rand Mc Nally book to get an overall view of the state and lo...
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And print maps never led anyone down a goat path - or a dirt road?
The paved FS/BLM road between Grants Pass and Gold River (OR) is perhaps the most notorious for stranding travelers (without the aid of GPS).
I've had to turn back a number of times while following roads on FS and Delourme Atlases (and Canadian Backroads). OK, this was in a soft SUV (or rental car), and trying to get as far into the mountains as I could.
A big problem with digital maps, especially the early ones, was they showed all roads in the same way. The data base lacked information on road quality. Print ones had a history of showing road type, and many years of user feedback.
I can get far more information about a route using my home computer than I ever got from map atlases.
I suspect that people who are good at using print maps are just as good with digital ones. They quickly learn the strengths and limitations of any map. People who blindly follow the GPS over railroad tracks and into a ditch would have done the same if their navigationally inept passenger had said 'turn here'. Getting lost and stuck, with or without maps, did not originate with GPS.
The paved FS/BLM road between Grants Pass and Gold River (OR) is perhaps the most notorious for stranding travelers (without the aid of GPS).
I've had to turn back a number of times while following roads on FS and Delourme Atlases (and Canadian Backroads). OK, this was in a soft SUV (or rental car), and trying to get as far into the mountains as I could.
A big problem with digital maps, especially the early ones, was they showed all roads in the same way. The data base lacked information on road quality. Print ones had a history of showing road type, and many years of user feedback.
I can get far more information about a route using my home computer than I ever got from map atlases.
I suspect that people who are good at using print maps are just as good with digital ones. They quickly learn the strengths and limitations of any map. People who blindly follow the GPS over railroad tracks and into a ditch would have done the same if their navigationally inept passenger had said 'turn here'. Getting lost and stuck, with or without maps, did not originate with GPS.
