Low Tech ...
Sun sets in the West rises in the East
Magnetic north is not at the North pole.
What tips have you got for pre-planning routes and following the plan on the journey?
Paper Maps . whole states in Delorme's atlases are bound 11x15" books, maps of various scales
[OR west uses a smaller 1"=2.4 miles, low density east it's 1":4.8 miles]
Typical Geography department at a University has a Map library with a lot of them ..
on my European trips, I buy them at Booksellers as I go, tourist Info centers when I get places, for town specifics.
but the dominant theme here is buying electronics , Delorme has a digital version .
the Ordinance Survey in The British Isles does too, as I understand.