When I first started traveling for work I always had the interstates to get me there but once off the beaten path wee got lost real quick. It was only local at the time but the Chicago area and its vast suburban communities were like a maze.
I had an actual map book that cost me 60 bucks at the time but it had laminated pages that I could put a dry erase marker on to highlight my path. The only problem came is, because I did interior office building, when new places or roads would pop up they were not in my map book.
Back then I wouldn't get my schedule for the next day until late at night and if I couldn't find a road in my book, I called the local police departments and asked them where the places were. They were always very helpful and I was able to plot my course and add the side directions. Cell phones were only an expensive luxury back then so if you got lost, you had to go to a pay phone.
The GPS maps and the affordable cellphone were the best thing ever invented in my opinion. To be able to enter a destination, hit go and have the phone tell you where to go without having to look down at a map has probably saved thousands of car crashes and lives and they are completely up to date on new roads that wouldn't be one an old map.
Now they even tell you where traffic is tied up, estimate your arrival time and re-route you if need be. It's a beautiful thing. LOL they'll even tell you where cops are so you know to slow your shit down when applicable.
When I started traveling to other states that thing became invaluable. East coast cities are kind of goofed up with the way the roads are arranged and I'm just used to the square grid pattern like we have here. Getting around DC, Boston, NYC, Philly etc. is no problem now. I couldn't imagine having to navigate a map in those places anymore.
Big fan of the phone and the map apps....
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