Maps..

[Rick@62]

Received these two beauties from my son as a birthday present.

I’m pretty old school and whilst I have a sat nav built into my head unit and Apple Car play allowing me access to Waze, Google Maps, etc, I still prefer a real tangible map. These are big old lumps and not light weight but very detailed and easy to use.

Does anyone else still use maps or do the majority rely on sat navs?

 

[The Old Man]

I have an earlier edition, tend to use the book map to plan the journey and Google Maps for on road directions.

As a solo traveller using the map in transit is not so easy.

 

[Terry242]

Guilty secret.......... I love a large scale map.

 

[TheTwoOfUs]

I wish I could find a large scale map which is laminated and you can mark the route on but isn't permanent ie you can wipe it clean before you use it again.

 

[mikebeaches]

Maps still have a valuable part to play when planning long journeys for me. Also use sat-nav and Google Maps etc, but a decent atlas or sheet map is still useful.

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[pjay]

I always keep a Phillips spiral easy read multiscale Europe like yours along with a folding Michelin 726 France routeplanner in the van as a back up to the sat nav...

 

[Riverbankannie]

I wish I could find a large scale map which is laminated and you can mark the route on but isn't permanent ie you can wipe it clean before you use it again.

My friend taught me a trick. Use a highlighter and when you want to remove it, leave page out in the sun and it will disappear.
She discovered it by leaving her carefully highlighted route in the conservatory!

 

[Riverbankannie]

Received these two beauties from my son as a birthday present.

I’m pretty old school and whilst I have a sat nav built into my head unit and Apple Car play allowing me access to Waze, Google Maps, etc, I still prefer a real tangible map. These are big old lumps and not light weight but very detailed and easy to use.

Does anyone else still use maps or do the majority rely on sat navs?
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We love paper maps too , much easier to plan and to see where you have come from. These days, I find google maps invaluable though as an aid as eyesight not as good as it used to be for quick changes between map and road signs.

 

[Gellyneck]

As a solo traveller using the map in transit is not so easy.

Don't know about that! A number of lorry drivers seem to be able to do it!

 

[gefsal]

We still use maps. Nothing better than sitting down and planning a route and highlighting places not to miss on the way.

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[Littlewheels]

It’s a sad fact that the majority of todays Drivers follow the SatNav and actually have no idea where they actually are and certainly wouldn’t know where to start on a physical map.

 

[Hawkstone]

I have the old A3 French map book. Invaluable sort from all the French roundabouts that appear regularly

 

[gilbaro]

I use Google maps for initial planning as it is good for working out mileages.
Big Road Atlas and Satnav on the road. But try to have a Michelin Regional large scale map for each area which my wife follows for the extra detail which we find is better than Satnav.

 

[Rick@62]

I always keep a Phillips spiral easy read multiscale Europe like yours along with a folding Michelin 726 France routeplanner in the van as a back up to the sat nav...

When driving trucks around Europe (1981 - 1998) I always favoured the Michelin folding paper maps. Easy to use, fold and refold however it suits for the route and very detailed.

I used to use the Falkplan town or city maps when in Germany, they could be fun to play with too and from memory had to folded or refolded in a specific way!

A folding paper map of Paris with every street, Rue, Boulevard, one way system etc listed was a nightmare though!

Driving a right hand drive 18 metre A frame drawbar around the Arc de Triumph in the evening rush hour whilst holding your map and keeping an eye out for Les Parisian Chauffeur's is a great experience!

Sat Navs are great for when your within 5-10 miles of your destination but its the getting there that is part of the fun. A paper map you can look at and suss out a rough route that you can keep in your head in a matter of seconds.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Think I've got one in the van somewhere, I used to like a good map but Google Maps is just too darn good

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[Brains]

Paper maps to work out where you are going.
Electronic maps to work out where you are.

 

[Brains]

Paper to Plan
Garmin to Go.

 

[The Old Man]

And when you're there;

 

[Verteuil Man]

I used to be the sack 9f spuds in a rally car. Paper maps all the way.

 

[Puddleduck]

I love maps. Almost nothing better when planning or daydreaming than to look at a paper map. The feel, the smell, the struggle to refold....

I wish I could find a large scale map which is laminated and you can mark the route on but isn't permanent ie you can wipe it clean before you use it again.

I copy the relevant route pages, laminate it and mark with a "permanent" marker. The permanent marker comes off with acetone (nail varnish remover). We did this on our trip to Italy, several sheets but I numbered them and as each section was completed that page was tucked away into the door pocket. The satnav is back up only.

Almost 30 years ago driving through France with friends I was the map reader for some sections and the driver was amazed that I could tell him when the next section of dual carriageway was due. We had 3 drivers, that was the trip I drove round the Paris ringroad during rush hour and took the correct exit first time. Very proud of that achievement but I had an excellent navigator.

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[maison]

We have just bought an Atlas of Spain/Portugal for our trip in April. We bought it because it shows “scenic routes” which you don’t get on our SatNav.

 

[Puddleduck]

I also love old maps especially for family history research. Finding out that Uncle Bill and Aunt Fanny had a baby 4 months after the wedding but the houses where they lived at the relevant time backed onto each other so it would have just been a nip over the fence to see each other!!

 

[Larby]

1)Local Knowledge
2) Maps
3) Sat Nav, not 3D but set to North up, as per map. If heading South then cursor goes down.
20+ years of Rally Navigating helps in reading maps

 

[Wee Bold Davy]

I've got a large scale map of Britain which is for truckers. It's got all the low bridges and weight and width restrictions. Love it

 

[Just smiffy]

I’m afraid printed maps are out of date as soon as they come off the press, google maps with live update for me…

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[DandJ]

Like many on here...a paper road map for making an interesting drive plan, then the satnav to actually do it....looking at the 2nd photo of the OPs post....there is a scenic route marked just below the Sierra Nevada...Michelin maps also do this....green line marking a road. We rode that a fortnight ago and it did not disappoint.

 

[fishplug]

I wish I could find a large scale map which is laminated and you can mark the route on but isn't permanent ie you can wipe it clean before you use it again.

You should be able to use something like a chinagraph pencil to mark it and then wipe it off with some kitchen towel and if needed some form of solvent when you're done.

 

[Suenliam]

To start planning our trips to France, I always go to the maps that have half of France to a sheet. This gives me a feel of the general direction and possible interesting stop offs or places to avoid (big cities) en route. Then I go to Michelin spiral bound book for more detailed information and roads and then try to put the route into the sat nav. More often than not it has different ideas to me but it usually gets the message when I don't obey its instructions for the sixth time

This would work perfectly if we stuck to Plan A but we are usually on Plan N by the time our holiday is finishing.

In the past I was the navigator - quite good although I say it myself. Since I now drive most of the time, I considered it was time to get a sat nav when my OH announced the T junction we had arrived at was not on the map so he couldn't advise on left or right turn!

Sue

 

[Puddleduck]

I’m afraid printed maps are out of date as soon as they come off the press, google maps with live update for me…

I had a map of northern Belgium that showed a road that was still under construction when we got there.

 

[Brains]

I’m afraid printed maps are out of date as soon as they come off the press, google maps with live update for me…

The Roman Road atlas of 400AD is still mostly accurate, although the traffic lights have now been removed from Londinium Bridge when they doubled the width to allow two way traffic in the 1200's.

Some of the names need updating, as Watling Street has now been renamed A20 and A5, how boring is that !
But it still runs from Dover to Shrewsbury and keeps the Wealas in place!

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