Just out of curiosity, are you full digital do you still buy map often ?.
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False dichotomy: I’ll still happily grab a paper map to this day if given the option, but I’ve never paid for one.
Every paper map I’ve ever used has been either a state highway map given for free at the state welcome center on the side of the freeway, or a state/national park hiking trail map given for free at the visitor center or ranger station.
That’s a good point. I’ll use paper maps for, say, park trails all the time.
Maps were always free. My family even had AAA so we could get those fancy Trip-Tiks.
This year. We did camping trip to Patagonia and didn’t want to rely on OSM entirely.
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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
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.
It would have been the 1990s by ADC, a street map company local to this area (and possibly other cities).
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Forgot that simple trick to get maps :). But actually when I use rpg maps, it’s digital and printed and in general not bought (either found online or done)
Corsica trip with my wife, 2019. A paper map doesn’t need batteries, it’s big, you can annotate it easily. Plus it has that fresh-off-the-press scent 👌
Also IGN (Institut géographique national) maps are amazing
Are these anything special ? I mean, are they road maps with elevation, or something else ?
They are very precise, cover the whole french territory, are all in the same format, follow the same standards and the paper maps are not too expensive. There are topographical maps at a 1:25000 scale, and roadmaps at a 1:250000 scale. And these paper maps are as sturdy as they can be, my dad has been rocking some of them for almost his entire life.
I guess I just get too excited about state funded institutions that provide good service to the public and still exist in 2024. Them paper maps can really be a lifesaver when you’re hiking in the more remote parts of France though
There is no such thing as being too excited about a public service/institution ! I’ll havetoo look oit for these IGN maps, thanks for the recommendation
Bought one about two weeks ago. Usually i like having a paper map on my cycling trips, but on long ones it’s getting too many maps, so i didn’t bring any. Then i met some italians with a map and next day i bought one myself. I think it’s much better to see where you are at and how you move than on a phone.
Also kinda like the “scenic routes” marker in the michelin maps (although that’s also on their online maps). It was a midi pyrenees map, but i have already ridden out of it, going to send it home.
All my maps were government issued.
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Bought? I don’t remember, but I got free maps of Michigan when I moved here about 5 years ago. They were very useful when Google made me turn into a back road in the upper peninsula and then stopped working when I lost signal (when tho I had offline maps of the area downloaded)
They always gave them away for free, so I guess never?
Couple years ago i downloaded a geomap of texas showing the various geological ages of the different areas in the state. Then found a service online that will enlarge it poster size. Now hangs on my wall next to the front entrance
somewhere around 2012. I wanted to have something on my wall as a teen.
My mom used to work for the local school district, and another teacher was going to get rid of one of the old pull-down maps so she took it for me.
I still have to find a place to put it up though lol.
In our neck of the woods, membership in the Automobile Association comes with free maps. You have to go into their offices and request them, and they’re very helpful about which maps may come handy.
I usually get them before a long roadtrip into areas where they may be weak cell service. To be safe, I also download digital maps, but a paper map gives better broad context on where we are and what is nearby.
Problem is, we’re terrible at getting rid of them after the trips…
