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With Google, MapQuest, and all the free apps that are available, why use an antiquated foldable map?
especially when initially planning a road trip IMHO. You can quickly change focus from a specific area to a wide view very easily. Plus you can get a quick and dirty ballpark idea of what is reachable in a reasonable amount of time based on the maps legend. For me this gives me a head start on getting oriented before leaving on the trip.
My membership expired and I need a map..does AAA give away free maps if your not a member? (They're closed right now I can't ask)
Nope. You're not a member. Membership has perks that we pay for! They don't give anything to non-members. They charge you for it. As they should since you're not paying the fees that members have.
My membership expired and I need a map..does AAA give away free maps if your not a member? (They're closed right now I can't ask)
There is a one-month grace period after your membership expires in which you can still get free AAA emergency service. I assume it is the same for maps. My area AAA's have maps in vending machines, where you just swipe your card (limit 5 per day).
I like maps, you can see where you are and where you want to go and see the best route. Also can estimate the time it will take. Also have a sense of where your going instead of blindly following spoken direction without a clue of where you are.
when I went to grand canyon for the first time, satnav was still in its infancy and sometimes you get confused with its directions.
so I consulted the map and look for the road that leads to the grand canyon. after driving for about an hour and hadn't reached the road yet going to the canyon, I got worried already. so I stopped and rechecked my location and the road I was traversing and am on the right direction. I was not lost.
then I realized that I didn't consider the actual distance on the map. that Arizona is such a big state that what seems roads and streets on the map are actually hours and hours away in actual driving distance. it wasn't the map of a city I was looking at. it was a map of a big state in the middle of nowhere
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Maps are still useful.........................
