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by justtinker 464 days ago
I am the MapGuy(TM). I had paper maps of every destination and triptix from AAA. I would fly with a pocket Rand McNally Road Atlas and be able to identify where we were from features on the ground. I still do it but I use a GPS. I don't trust them so I still check maps before I use a GPS in unfamiliar areas. I find badly optimized routes 5% of the time and outright mistakes 1%.

I was the one who got people unlost when they got them selves lost because they did not listen to the map geek.

I hope this gives me at least 30 more years before mental decline starts. That will get me to my late 90's.