Just out of curiosity, are you full digital do you still buy map often ?.
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I bought a topo map a few weeks ago for a backpacking trip. Electronics are heavier and less suitable for that purpose in my opinion.
Never bought one, but I printed one in ~2018
I buy maps as art pieces, I would never use a map for navigating but I guess I rarely go somewhere remote enough that power is a concern.
Never, I always use OSM
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.
Maps were always free. My family even had AAA so we could get those fancy Trip-Tiks.
That’s a good point. I’ll use paper maps for, say, park trails all the time.
Bought - it’s been 15 years at least.
Got one for free and used it actively - last month. Tourist organizations in many cities still give away simple paper maps of city center with major sights (and some advertising).Bought a copy of The MilePost for a road trip up the Alcan last year.
Very specific, relevant information along with maps in a paper format is ideal when you’re driving through remote areas with little to no cell signal.
Not me per se but rather my father. For our third (and up to this day latest) roadtrip to Las Vegas in 2014. My parents were still not very smartphone-savy and I wouldn’t have my first until a year later. That time we really did a lot of roaming around the city beyond just the Boulevard and surroundings.
I bought a road map a few years ago for the car in case of emergencies.
I used to buy the laminated ones so I could mark routes for my mom with a dry erase marker, but that’s been ~10 years ago. I but a lot of travel guides and I use the maps in those for trip planning. I think their still very useful when you need a larger overview of an unfamiliar area. Always pick up the free ones at parks.
Maybe 20 years ago visiting Croatia, or even before
Last summer. We have a lot for camping. We make sure to have one for each are we go to. I also have charts for nautical navigation.
Aviation maps for drone licenses theory exam. This was before they updated the legislation and you had to actually study aviation.
Other than that I’ve bought OS maps for hiking purposes. Also tried to buy some custom areas to create a custom map poster but it was basically impossible so I ended up building it myself from screenshots.
I’ve used plenty of free ones, but don’t think I ever paid for a physical map.
Do maps of shopping centres or festivals count? These are often only on paper with no digital analogue.
