• The_v@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Those gas stations used to have a map rack. One in my town next to a freeway had a laminated one on the wall behind the maps with a big arrow saying “You are here.”

    When people asked for directions the clerks just pointed.

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      3 months ago

      Me and friends went from Italy to Spain about 13 years ago using paper maps we bought along the way. By that time it was already uncommon.

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        3 months ago

        My wife did a cross country trip recently and picked up a rest stop map in every state. I think there was only one state that didn’t have any available. They’re pretty good maps before my kids colored and cut them up. I think they might be a few years out of date but close enough that if you know how to read a map and road signs you can figure out how to get wherever you’re going