ppine wrote:
Whatever happened to just looking at a map and heading out?
Does that map help show you which lane you need to be in when there is a 4 way separation coming up? Is that paper map capable of zooming in to show fine detail, like street names and small gravel roads? Does that map show you the easiest way around a large city to avoid heavy traffic?
Paper maps have their place, usually in the bottom of a bird cage.
On edit this post came across as kind of short, curt even. I didn't really mean it that way, I just quit using paper maps when I discovered digital maps, the GPS, and Google Earth. I had used paper maps to travel with since the 70's and always ranted "There has to be a better way!!". And now there is.