Just out of curiosity, are you full digital do you still buy map often ?.
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I bought a couple maps when I was in Europe when I was 16. My grandpa made me “the navigator” because I’m decent with maps and directions and such.
That was in like 2013.
Bought a copy of The MilePost for a road trip up the Alcan last year.
Very specific, relevant information along with maps in a paper format is ideal when you’re driving through remote areas with little to no cell signal.
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.
They always gave them away for free, so I guess never?
Back in the before times, when gps wasn’t a thing. I think i still have it in the trunk of the car or something.
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.
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.
Probably 2022? My wife like maps, especially older ones, as decoration.
Never bought one, but I printed one in ~2018
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.
I have had a paper map direct me through a gated community. Thankfully the tools in the truck unfastened the hinges. Still bugs me. It was a county road!
It would have been the 1990s by ADC, a street map company local to this area (and possibly other cities).
I have a road atlas in my car. Other than that, I will print out trail maps when backpacking.
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.
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.
