Google Maps

Sicard

Takmon wrote: »

This is 2019, why are you printing maps

Because if you want to find somewhere that's out of internet range, like me in Malta, it's handy to have a copy.;)

Andy_L

Sicard wrote: »

Because if you want to find somewhere that's out of internet range, like me in Malta, it's handy to have a copy.;)

You can download the map to your phones storage.

EssexExile

Andy_L wrote: »

You can download the map to your phones storage.

As long as the battery holds out. Always good to have a plan B.

Takmon

EssexExile wrote: »

As long as the battery holds out. Always good to have a plan B.

So using that logic you would have to print a map every time you go somewhere you didn't know just in case your battery dies :rotfl:

I have a charger in my car and when i travel abroad without my car i take a small power bank. There really is no need to waste money printing things out.

EssexExile

Takmon wrote: »

So using that logic you would have to print a map every time you go somewhere you didn't know just in case your battery dies :rotfl:

I have a charger in my car and when i travel abroad without my car i take a small power bank. There really is no need to waste money printing things out.

I have a road atlas in the car, if I'm going to a city I don't know I will have a rudimentary map with me. If I'm going walking in the hills I have OS on my phone & in my pocket.

Takmon

EssexExile wrote: »

I have a road atlas in the car, if I'm going to a city I don't know I will have a rudimentary map with me. If I'm going walking in the hills I have OS on my phone & in my pocket.

Well at least you aren't printing loads of maps everywhere you go. But do you actually use the road atlas in your car?

It's just so much easier and more convenient to simply look at something like google maps on a smartphone that if i had one in my car i would have never used it.

Tom99

I occasionally print a map for a relative who does not own a mobile phone or computer.

NaughtiusMaximus

Takmon wrote: »

So using that logic you would have to print a map every time you go somewhere you didn't know just in case your battery dies :rotfl:

I have a charger in my car and when i travel abroad without my car i take a small power bank. There really is no need to waste money printing things out.

If I ever need to go to an area of London I don't know I always print a map for walking from the nearest tube station, main reason being a scumbag on a moped isn't going to go to the effort of grabbing a piece of A4 paper out of your hand.

Sicard

Andy_L wrote: »

You can download the map to your phones storage.

So, if it's hard to see the outlines of roads on a pc or laptop I'd imagine trying to see the roads on a very small screen is not going to make things better.;)

Takmon

NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »

If I ever need to go to an area of London I don't know I always print a map for walking from the nearest tube station, main reason being a scumbag on a moped isn't going to go to the effort of grabbing a piece of A4 paper out of your hand.

Sounds like you can't win in London; phone in your hand is stolen by a guy on a moped and phone in your pocket is stolen by a pickpocket. :eek:

Sicard wrote: »

So, if it's hard to see the outlines of roads on a pc or laptop I'd imagine trying to see the roads on a very small screen is not going to make things better.;)

I'm sure the OP has the correct contrast settings on their phone