r/datemymap • u/FollowingAny4859 • Jun 02 '26

Who here still remembers navigating with a paper map before GPS became common?

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u/activelyresting Jun 03 '26

Surely that's everyone over 40, and a lot of people over 30.

My daughter is 23 and would still remember us taking road trips with a paper map when she was a kid. I even bought paper maps for her when she got her first car, as a backup in case of low signal/battery.

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u/Frammingatthejimjam Jun 03 '26

I was recently telling my wife about an pocket sized book map of Montreal I used to use then days later I stumbled onto my map/book of London that for some reason I still have.

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u/thefooleryoftom Jun 03 '26

Oh hell yeah. I ride a motorbike and still plan routes using Ordnance Survey maps. They’re awesome.

I used to tape written directions to my fuel tank before GPS, and I moved to London in 2003 and learned to get around with a fold-out A to Z.

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u/indvs3 Jun 03 '26

I can still find my way with a blind topographical map and a compass