Who uses maps anymore?

[Griff]

Might want to change that data set before the super safe self driving trucks hit the road.

[Carruthers]

Apologies. Made a mess of the Street View link in post #54.

Street View.

Working now!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Sat/Nav is a great help, but like everything else to come along, it's not a fix for stupid.
Sometimes it's little confusing, so I'll just sit in the middle of the fucking intersection while I figure it out.

[bbro]

One year, my mom came down with her Garmin to use so we could go to the beach. I didn't print out instructions and there was no smart phone. The Garmin was never charged so we couldn't use it. I had instructions, but I got lost before we even got out of my county. We kept driving hoping to hit a highway we needed. Nope. We stopped and got a paper map and used it to get us where we needed to be. I think it's a useful skill because technology can, and does, fail.

[monster]

I used my city map at least twice this weekend to navigate a tricky neighborhood and a route from A to B through a tricky neighborhood/riverside area that is avoided by electronic route planners but cuts the time between A and B at least in half and has pretty scenery to boot.

[lumberjim]

These were a huge help on our trips along the parkway. No signal for most of that area.



the roads are color coded for good, medium, and not good riding roads.



The back has info about gas stations, hotels, descriptions of the roads, etc. Well worth the money. There are 7 in this set, and a handful of other broader area maps made specifically for Motorcycle touring.

+10 Amanda for finding and buying them last year before the first trip.

[Sundae]

I have to admit that given an unlabelled map of the UK, I'd struggle to find Leeds (my nearest large city)
I moved here as an adult, and seem to have a knack for choosing to live in places quite a way from the sea.

If you labelled Sheffield, Manchester or Bradford, I'd be able to find Leeds better. I know where I am in relation to them. But we're labelled North-West, which doesn't help. Blackpool is North-West.

Same with Aylesbury being South-East. East of what? Cardiff maybe?

I can read a map. Surprisingly well for someone with dyscalculia. And I can pretty much place all of the locations in that article. Although it helps having been to Scilly. And you seriously want me with you when navigating London, because even if I don't know the route, I know what's next to what, if you get what I mean. So if we're going to Tower Bridge and we're in Waterloo I can get you there.

But I'm an old lady now. And I've never owned a car with power steering, air-conditioning or GPS. You know what you have to know, or what you had to learn. I'ma gonna need someone to help me grow crops when the zombie apocalypse comes for example.

[monster]

Originally Posted by Sundae

Same with Aylesbury being South-East. East of what? Cardiff maybe?
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If it's any consolation, Michigan is considered to be in the Midwest. It's so far north it's the only contiguous State from which you can go south into Canada, and it takes approximately four times as long to drive the most direct route to the west coast as it does to the east coast -and both are pretty direct.

Go figure :/

[Clodfobble]

Me, too. I even know all the routes, but google tells me which one has a wreck on it.

[Undertoad]

if want to explore the landscape your passing you need a much wider view.

All the wider views really, because one map won't actually do it for you, eventually you roll off the edge of it. So you will need all the maps.

pinch to zoom out
hamburger menu to select terrain
download of your entire route
done and done

I'm an original map geek. As a 10-year-old I studied the US Geological survey quadrangles. The detailed topographics. I was fascinated. We had the set for my area, but to get all of them, that was really something. An individual couldn't afford it... it took up a huge flat drawer system and you could only find a complete set at really major libraries. I remember Penn State had a copy. I spent hours browsing it one day.

But now?

pinch to zoom out... all the fascination is still there, now available in the palm of one's hand... for the entire freakin' world! What's not to love?

[lumberjim]

No signal. In urban areas, the live GPS maps like waze are damn handy. In the mountains, useless. Look at a coverage map.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by lumberjim

No signal. In urban areas.

This.

I'm running an HVAC company and coordinating the techs to locations with crappy service requires that I sometimes, often, talk them through to their destinations. Reading a map is mandatory for me - and I like it too.
When the SO and I take trips, she LOVES to read maps. I love that she does. I still have "maps" running. We get to see more than just what a mini-computer wants us to see. Gotta give 'em credit on the traffic issues though. Thats why we use both.

[Undertoad]

You can download the sections you want if you like, nowadays... doesn't get you live traffic but that's where you don't need it, only GPS, navigation, and the ability to search for things like gas stations and restaurants and whatnot

Here's how w/ google maps/android

[lumberjim]

That was helpful

[xoxoxoBruce]

Maps don't need a battery.