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Do you still use a road atlas?

Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:53 pm
Posted by SaintlyTiger88
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2013
2176 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:53 pm
Do you rely on GPS or are you old school, using a road atlas instead?
Posted by sidewalkside
rent free in yo head
Member since Sep 2021
4145 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:54 pm to
no
Posted by TexasTiger33
Member since Feb 2022
13946 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:55 pm to
Hell naw but I member road trips with my family. My old man was meticulous making sure we took the quickest and/or most scenic route.

Shout out Rand McNally

The foldy leather bound atlas
This post was edited on 11/10/25 at 12:56 pm
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
76464 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:55 pm to
I keep one in my car for emergency purposes.
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
70153 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:55 pm to
Nyet.
Posted by HenryParsons
Member since Aug 2018
1908 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:57 pm to
I don't use it regularly but I keep one in my truck and with another in my go bag.
Posted by NBR_Exile
Houston via Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2012
1679 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:58 pm to
Key Maps were essential in Houston.
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
58664 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:58 pm to
no, but i should get one for my car
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
5824 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:59 pm to
No
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
15532 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 12:59 pm to
I keep mine in the truck. GPS should only be used as a backup. You cannot depend on it if things go south.
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
119830 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:00 pm to
Why would I do that when I can just put an address in my phone and it tells me where to go?
Posted by Aeolian Vocalion
Texas
Member since Jul 2022
434 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:07 pm to
I loved to use those 'state' atlas books, like:

The Roads of Texas
The Roads of Louisiana
The Roads of Arkansas

Still have them, and would use them again if I made a road trip. Allowed me to take all sorts of isolated farm roads and explore around, without getting mired in circles. Before those books, I would sometimes be driving on roads that gradually became unpaved or shell roads, then became dirt roads, and then came to dead-ends.
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
12719 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:07 pm to
I used to until about 2017.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
72922 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:07 pm to
I haven't seen an Atlas in over 20 years.
I remeber using the street grid to find the street i needed. Man i was glad when mapquest came out. But now i have multiple gps aps on my phone plus gps in my car.
Posted by Radio One
On the banks of the Wabash
Member since Sep 2023
5592 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:11 pm to
Atlas to start, get the bigger look. Google Maps and that kind of shite is very valuable at seeing how exit/entrance traffic flows, etc.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30728 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:20 pm to
I drove a truck for years, all over the country. I usually don't need a map for anything, but will use GPS once I get close to find an actual address.
Posted by Rex Feral
Member since Jan 2014
15772 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:23 pm to
No, but I really like looking at maps.
Posted by BOSCEAUX
Where the Down Boys go.
Member since Mar 2008
51111 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:25 pm to
Not anymore but when I was a kid and we went on long driving vacations I was the atlas jockey. Helped me get really good at geography. Read that fricker cover to cover. Memorized Capitals and largest city in each state.
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
Below I-10
Member since Jul 2019
3456 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:28 pm to
I took a trip up in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago and I longed for a good road atlas even though we had a Garmin and Waze.

We wanted to see the "big picture" of where we were and was headed. Sometimes Waze would play out for lack of cell coverage and it would argue with the old Garmin.
Posted by poppa1254
Moody, AL
Member since Jan 2019
551 posts
Posted on 11/10/25 at 1:30 pm to
We used to get the "TripTiks " from AAA.
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