Originally Posted by Atlas Shrugged

This is bordering on ridiculous and typical of Bike Forums most threads quickly devolve into a debate about the superiority of old outdated tech. The issues you experienced with routing software is a result of poor understanding of how it works or poor software such as google maps.

With RideWithGPS you can route your ride, utilize street view and actually view the road you will be riding on, satellite view the route to determine condition of gravel paths, show the roads which cyclists frequent by the heat map overlay, find accommodation, food establishments, water sources, camp sites, shelters, detailed elevation profiles including grade, export detailed turn by turn instructions and elevation data onto navigation device and share detailed routing with friends and family. Plus can reroute on demand mid ride with minimal downtime. Spent 8 weeks riding across southern India without major routing issues and this could only be done with digital online maps. Spent a month in southern Vietnam specifically 2 weeks in the Mekong Delta this would be a crap-fest following paper maps incapable of showing trail and canal paths frequented by locals. Amsterdam to Vienna, Gibraltar to Girona, Trans Pyrenees, Paris to San Sebastian, Lisbon to Toulouse, Luang Prabang to Hanoi, I could go on, all done digitally with routes created on the fly, daily. Not to mention the hassle of buying and hauling up to twenty individual maps around avoided.

Best of all we can do as we please and if you prefer paper maps all the better just understand you are missing a amazing opportunity to improve your touring experience by understanding and going digital.