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by pbmonster 40 days ago
> This is the way. I use printed maps when on vacation.

Come on, then you know their limits. Get to your destination city? Better hope your road atlas comes with a city map, and the road you're going to is large enough to have its name printed. Otherwise, you're shopping at the next gas station. Have the city map? Better hope the outer borrows are on it, too. Found your destination on the map? Better hope you have a competent navigator riding shotgun, because otherwise you'll have to stop and park 15 times to consult your map while navigating an unfamiliar jungle of a city.

I think much of the software written over the last 20 years is very close to worthless. A significant fraction has negative worth.

But geospatial software is amazing.