Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
…Paper maps that are large enough so that you can see several days or several weeks of travel are needed for planning your route. And if there are detours, planning your alternate routes. I preferred to look at paper maps when thinking where I might want to stop 3 or 4or 5 days in advance. Thus, I looked at the paper maps almost every day.
A GPS can be very useful when trying to figure out where to go in small areas where the maps you have lack detail...There have been several times that I am stopped and looking at a GPS to figure out exactly where to go while standing at an intersection, the paper map did not have the detail I needed.
I recently posted to this thread on the Touring Forum, “If I were in a hurry.......”
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
...On our tours, including a cross-country ride in 1977, we have had a similar strategy of 50 miles per day (or more to reach a shower). On that ride we used a large paper map of the USA to plot our general route [and individual state maps to cross the state]. We left Los Angeles on May 4, and had to be in Boston by July 1.
In California we were strongly advised to avoid Las Vegas, so we went through Arizona. After crossing the Rockies we realized we were not making enough progress, so we veered towards Washington DC, and arrived on June 27 with enough time for sight-seeing, and then took the train with our bikes to Boston.
...Attesting to the utility of paper maps. We so relied on those paper maps that it became a standing joke to bring the current map with us at every stop to ponder the next several miles.
Originally Posted by
fietsbob
AAA has the Best Maps , free with paid Membership ...
I have posted on my informal Cycling Guide to Metro Boston,
Originally Posted by
Jim from Boston
... For some generalities, my favorite map is the AAA road map of metropolitan Boston...
The size is large enough to plan century rides, yet the scale is small enough to find excellent cycling roads nicely defined by the road color and weight of the line.
Last edited by Jim from Boston; 12-05-16 at 08:57 PM.