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I finally stopped using paper maps for long hauls
Drove from Missoula to Nashville last year with a Rand McNally atlas on my passenger seat. Been doing it that way since 1989. My dispatcher kept telling me to get a GPS like everyone else. Took me forever to give in. Now I got a Garmin truck specific one. Traffic reroutes alone save me about 2 hours a week. But I still miss the big fold out maps. Something about seeing the whole route at once. Anyone else make the switch way later than they should have?
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craig.sage23d ago
Paper maps never run out of battery or lose satellite signal in a tunnel. GPS is convenient but you're trusting a computer to tell you where to go instead of actually learning the roads yourself.
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claire_walker23d ago
Craig still owns paper maps? What year is it over there?
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