Just out of curiosity, are you full digital do you still buy map often ?.
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I don’t typically ever have to Buy maps. But whenever I’m touring a new place paper maps are awesome. Especially for cities. I learned basically all of Paris and Barcelona that way. Granted I also had to walk everywhere.
- road trip
The last summer before the “brexit” I went to scotland, one of the classic hike there is going atop the Ben nevis mountain. Even though in summer it’s not a complicated hike, I still bought a paper map to not be yet another tourist lost in the mist, I have a limited trust in mobile phone map in outdoor activity, especially when the weather isn’t optimal.
Question was triggered as I stumbled open that map when sorting some stuff on my bookshelves.
I love paper maps, I have never had one run out of battery, or direct me onto a dead end.
It’s more than that though. It’s an adventure whenever you look at one.
I never use GPS or location services, show me a map and I know where I am and how to get to the next place.
My most recent paper map is of Tobago.
Probably 2022? My wife like maps, especially older ones, as decoration.
I have a road atlas in my car. Other than that, I will print out trail maps when backpacking.
Literally just bought a map book for most of Australia a few weeks ago.
Planning a three week trip through the Outback. Seems crazy to try and rely on technology out there for that long without a safety net of some sort.
I just bought one for a backpacking trip this summer. I consider it a required backup for long hikes taking me far away from help and cell coverage.
Same thing, I’m mostly using the GPS on my phone but unless I try to always carry a paper map with me as a safety.
Same. Same. I know some people use their phones, or GPS devices, but when I’m backpacking, I want a paper map and a compass. I bought two a few months back for planning a trips this summer.
Same, I always have a backup paper map when I go hiking
I bought a road map a few years ago for the car in case of emergencies.
I used to buy the laminated ones so I could mark routes for my mom with a dry erase marker, but that’s been ~10 years ago. I but a lot of travel guides and I use the maps in those for trip planning. I think their still very useful when you need a larger overview of an unfamiliar area. Always pick up the free ones at parks.
They always gave them away for free, so I guess never?
I haven’t bought a paper map once in my 30 years of life. My parents still used them in the 90s and early 2000s when we went on vacation.
GPS Navigation didn’t become widely available at a decent size until the mid 2000s I would say. I remember for sure I had GPS navigation on a laptop which was just as ridiculous as it sounds in around 2002-2003.
The GPS was a PCMCIA card with an aerial you put near the windscreen. The software would just stop showing a map when you went faster than 50mph or so, and only provide basic instructions and your speed. Buying a laptop charger that plugged into the cigarette lighter socket wasn’t as cheap as it is now either.
Needless to say, it was a novelty thing. The main problem with paper map navigation when driving is, you really need to compress the instructions down to something you can remember if driving on your own. Since you need to stop if you lose track of your route. I don’t miss that to be honest.
I bought a topo map a few weeks ago for a backpacking trip. Electronics are heavier and less suitable for that purpose in my opinion.
Never bought one, but I printed one in ~2018
Bought - it’s been 15 years at least.
Got one for free and used it actively - last month. Tourist organizations in many cities still give away simple paper maps of city center with major sights (and some advertising).
