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Most paper (physical maps) from State and Rand McNally Atlas used to clearly identify with legend keys different road way types. I really want to find something like online instead of buying more paper maps. Basically, online scroll-able Atlas instead of paper or PDF maps.
Attached is a good example of Map segment and Legend with what I am looking for.
Unfortunately, I have not found an online map that is as good as showing the different road types as the old printed ones did.
Michelin Maps does a good job of highlighting the interstates, but they don't make any distinction between free and toll highways. Also, they're inconsistent with the non-interstate expressways; some are shown as interstates but with white medians instead of yellow, but others are shown as just regular roads.
MapQuest highlights all expressways, both interstate and non-; but for some reason, they also give the same highlight to U.S. routes, whether expressway or not. And they don't distinguish toll roads.
Most paper (physical maps) from State and Rand McNally Atlas used to clearly identify with legend keys different road way types. I really want to find something like online instead of buying more paper maps. Basically, online scroll-able Atlas instead of paper or PDF maps.
Attached is a good example of Map segment and Legend with what I am looking for.
Bing Bing's maps use a different color for toll roads, but I have yet to find examples of online maps that are as visually appealing as some of the older paper maps that are out there.
Bing Bing's maps use a different color for toll roads, but I have yet to find examples of online maps that are as visually appealing as some of the older paper maps that are out there.
Why should the map sites bother to make such a thing anyway ?
Nobody I know under the age of 40 knows how to read a map anyway. They just do what Waze tells them to do, even if it means trying to cross a bridge that is not there anymore, or going up a mountain road that gets them stuck in a snow bank.
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