• SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    Time to dust off my old folded paper maps.

    I can sell some of the duplicates I have. I’m gonna be RICH!

      • Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works
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        44 minutes ago

        Dude someone mentioned this the other day and I pretty mu h went all in on Garmin GPS since then.

        I want to use comaps and organic maps and magic earth and all that but they just don’t work well for me but the Garmin is on point.

        Plus they say they don’t sell your data. But even if that’s a lie I bought it used off Craigslist so its “Johns” data now.

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        8 hours ago

        What a piece of crap, this thing didn’t warn me about the bridge being closed and jammed up because of a car fire. Stupid paper…

        • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
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          6 hours ago

          how ever did people live and get around before the mobile spy tracking hardware was in everyone’s pockets.

          shocker, your time isn’t really as valuable as you think it is…

          • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml
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            6 hours ago

            I left on a trip to San Francisco and forgot my STREET maps but I did have an aviation map so I used that.

            It did NOT have the freeway numbers marked. I got there looking for water towers and radio towers and bodies of water. I managed OK.

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          6 hours ago

          I am willing to bet there is still a radio in your vehicle, and very likely a local news station with traffic and weather reports.

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      8 hours ago

      Back to the basics: Start carrying a yellow pages book with you so that you can find addresses of various businesses. If you need restaurant descriptions, you need one of those tourist guide books too.