Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) on the entire WWW that has decent street map and directions? Used to use googlemap but in the last few years it has become as useless as tits on a chicken. I can't seem to find a simple street map anywhere. All of them will show you where their subscribers are, but most don'r even label the street names. I SO HATE computers and rhe people who program them for compugeeks, but not for common older people. Edited January 12 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 11 Posted January 11 In Google maps, I find you need to enlarge/zoom in to see street names. But then you lose the perspective of where it is. 2 Quote
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) Our Cars have really superb Navigation Systems. Real Superb. Don't care. When we travel, we include actual Road and Area Maps. Luddite?? Absolutely but those road maps have saved my bacon numerous times. PS: I have also found APPLE MAPS on my iPhone to be very good. Especially so when walking around in a City on vacation Edited January 11 by Colorado Coffinmaker Add a good thought 2 Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Is there any place Who needs to learn to use complete sentences? 1 Quote
Texas Jack Black Posted January 11 Posted January 11 I made sure all our employees had a vehicle with a Nav. system and all my office computers have Google maps .It is used daily. Best Wishes Quote
Texas Lizard Posted January 11 Posted January 11 58 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: on the entire WWW that had decent street map and directions? Used to use googlemap but in the last few years it has become as useless as tits on a chicken. I can't seem to find a simple street map anywhere. All of them will show you where their subscribers are, but most don'r even label the street names. I SO HATE computers and rhe people who program them for compugeeks, but not for common older people. I use mapquest.com It works for me....I like to see where I am going....Like an old fashion map....Will also give different ways and time to get there....I have trouble with a box telling where to turn and when..... Texas Lizard 1 Quote
Warden Callaway Posted January 11 Posted January 11 Quote PS: I have also found APPLE MAPS on my iPhone to be very good. Especially so when walking around in a City on vacation Mary has an IPhone. The map function is often ridiculously wrong. She'll say, "It's down two more blocks on the right." I say, "No it's not, it's right here on the left." It'll often take us on the most convoluted routes. 1 Quote
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted January 11 Posted January 11 1 hour ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: on the entire WWW that had decent street map and directions? Used to use googlemap but in the last few years it has become as useless as tits on a chicken. I can't seem to find a simple street map anywhere. All of them will show you where their subscribers are, but most don'r even label the street names. I SO HATE computers and rhe people who program them for compugeeks, but not for common older people. When I am planning a trip I look on Google maps, print out an overall and then zoom in at spots and print a close in. Also get a paper map of the state from the local AAA office as an overall backup. Then when actually traveling I use the maping feature on my iphone listing with an earplug along with the printed google map as backup becuase the mapping program sometimes want to give me an altrnate route I do not want to take. Can't just listed and follow blindly. 2 Quote
Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 The first search result was openstreetmap.org, it's free and at the right zoom level it looks a lot like the paper maps we're used to. Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 11 Posted January 11 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said: When I am planning a trip I look on Google maps, print out an overall and then zoom in at spots and print a close in. Also get a paper map of the state from the local AAA office as an overall backup. Then when actually traveling I use the maping feature on my iphone listing with an earplug along with the printed google map as backup becuase the mapping program sometimes want to give me an altrnate route I do not want to take. Can't just listed and follow blindly. I do similar, I'll zoom where turns are required and note a landmark. Such as " blue storage units on left just before right turn". The Google nav in our new truck is pretty good. As you approach a turn, it zooms in so you can see the turn and then backs back out. Edited January 11 by Eyesa Horg Missing word!! 1 Quote
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted January 11 Posted January 11 For my Ipone, I use WAZE. Free app. Not only great directions, it will find the fastest route, show traffic jams, and where the cops are! If you're in a hurry it also adjusts time to destination. 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 11 Posted January 11 48 minutes ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said: For my Ipone, I use WAZE. Free app. Not only great directions, it will find the fastest route, show traffic jams, and where the cops are! If you're in a hurry it also adjusts time to destination. WAZE is owned Google and I noticed the last time I used Google in the truck I got those warning with a notice that they were from Google and WAZE users. It asked if the issue was still relevant. The problem to me was "where?". It said "disabled vehicle ahead, is this vehicle still there?", I ignored answering the question and about 5 miles down the road, there it was. I was almost going to answer NO! Then said a cop was on the side. 10 minutes later we came up on him and we were going 75! The warning to me is way too early. But better than no warning I suppose. See congestion is handy, the road turns red on the display giving an opportunity to take another route. Still getting used to it as I am also an old paper map guy! Quote
Warden Callaway Posted January 11 Posted January 11 My Samsung Galaxy can be linked to the Ford Edge. I very seldom link it because it's most annoying. But will display Google Maps very well. It follows me along keeping mileage, etc. We've used it on long tricks for amusement. 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 12 hours ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said: When I am planning a trip I look on Google maps, print out an overall and then zoom in at spots and print a close in. Also get a paper map of the state from the local AAA office as an overall backup. Then when actually traveling I use the maping feature on my iphone listing with an earplug along with the printed google map as backup becuase the mapping program sometimes want to give me an altrnate route I do not want to take. Can't just listed and follow blindly. I can't make Google maps work for me. They are totally unreadable.. Our "local" AAA office moved about 90 miles away to Phoenix. I have a flip phone without that feature. My Magellan thingy was never worth anything. 1 Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 12 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: I use mapquest.com It works for me....I like to see where I am going....Like an old fashion map....Will also give different ways and time to get there....I have trouble with a box telling where to turn and when..... Texas Lizard Thanks, Tex. I'll give that one a shot. Quote
watab kid Posted January 12 Posted January 12 ill not disagree that google maps , whatever , is lacking , thats why i always have printed maps in my truck when traveling , i have a backup GPS thats not synced to my car or phone too , doesmnt a;lways help but at least i have more than one opinion , sometimes you do need t zoom in to get the names of things [or use a magnifying device over the map ................. Quote
Warden Callaway Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Mary has stopped buying printed atlas maps. She had the notion that every time we traved that we had to have one. It would get pitched aside and trampled on until falling apart. But I never seen it used. Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 21 hours ago, Texas Lizard said: I use mapquest.com It works for me....I like to see where I am going....Like an old fashion map....Will also give different ways and time to get there....I have trouble with a box telling where to turn and when..... Texas Lizard Thanks, Tex. I'll give that one a shot. Quote
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 12 Author Posted January 12 (edited) No joy so far. I just need maps to find places like stores, cafes and such in a fifty mile radius of my house. Maybe I'll drop by the Chamber of Commerce. I sure miss Thomas Brothers Guides that we had in California. County by county and in eleven years in business I only found one single error. It showed a road going due west but didn't show a fifty acre rock quarry right in the middle. I called them and they sent me 100 corrected pages for my whole office and a bunch of associate offices. Next day express, no cost. Edited January 12 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 1 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted January 12 Posted January 12 If you search Road Atlas, you'll find them. Rand McNally ones are very good. Have a U.S, and Montana. Quote
Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) 2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: No joy so far. I just need maps to find places like stores, cafes and such in a fifty mile radius of my house. Maybe I'll drop by the Chamber of Commerce. I sure miss Thomas Brothers Guides that we had in California. County by county and I eleven years in business I only found one single error. It showed a road going due west but didn't show a fifty acre rock quarry right in the middle. I called them and they sent me 100 corrected pages for my whole office and a bunch of associate offices. Next day express, no cost. If you are looking for local places then there should be some local paper maps available someplace. Chamber of Commerce could be that place or they could point you in the right direction. I just checked out openstreetmap.org as noted by chicken rustler and he is right it looks just like the paper maps. Posted yesterday at 09:57 AM The first search result was openstreetmap.org, it's free and at the right zoom level it looks a lot like the paper maps we're used to. Edited January 12 by Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L Quote
bgavin Posted January 12 Posted January 12 On 1/11/2025 at 6:48 AM, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: I SO HATE computers and rhe people who program them for compugeeks, but not for common older people. We do get even. We still produce manual transmissions that are beyond the understanding of young people and compugeeks. 1 Quote
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