The 2022 edition of the Rand McNally Atlas was released on April 19. I picked up the standard edition at Barnes and Noble on Friday. I had to go to one in the next town since my local store didn't have it (FYI: order and pickup was not available, you either have to order it online or get it at the store). I will note a few of the highlights from New England, New York and North Carolina. If there are questions about changes to other states, feel free to ask them and I'll follow up.
Massachusetts: The exits have all been renumbered to the new, or soon to be new numbers.
Rhode Island: The I-95 exit numbers were not changed, which may mean it will be a while until RIDOT starts the conversion process.
Connecticut: The exit numbers for CT 9 have not been changed (no numbers at all listed for CT 72).
Vermont: The new 'Milepoint' exit numbers placed last year under the sequential exit gore signs are now being used on the state and inset maps.
New York: The exit numbers for the Hutchinson River Parkway remain unchanged.
North Carolina: I-885 has not been added to the Raleigh-Durham inset map (the East End Connector was shown as completed last year), the newly opened sections on the Greensboro Loop and Winston-Salem Beltway are still shown as under construction, US 74 has replaced I-74 along the Rockingham Bypass, the future I-73/I-74 Rockingham Bypass is now shown as under construction, the extension of the NC 540 toll road around Raleigh is not shown as under construction.
Rand McNally Road Atlas has a lot more city insets than it used to, even when adjusted for cities' population. Their atlases from the 1960s that I've seen didn't even have Charleston WV, even though it was a pretty big city. I think they had some insets for some cities in Idaho and Montana that were pretty small, but not for most states.
I guess they started adding more cities because technology made it easier to make maps and because urban areas aren't as compact as they used to be. Just before Interstates were built, it may have been pretty easy to find U.S. routes if you were traveling through a city, depending on the signage.
I bought the 2022 edition at B&N last night. The biggest change in Iowa that I noticed was that county roads statewide are now marked on the map. Otherwise, it does note the opening of the US 30 Mount Vernon/Lisbon bypass and US 52 Southwest Arterial in Dubuque (and 52's subsequent reroute onto US 20 and IA 136), all of which happened in the past year and a half.
New four-lane segments of US 30 east of Tama and US 61 north of Burlington are supposed to open this year, but they are not in this edition.
I got mine yesterday. I have not had a chance to go through it yet.
This was the first time I didn't notice any new city insets compared to a previous atlas year.
Now I have a chance to talk about the changes I have noticed at first glance in the 2022 Road Atlas. I will do the Intro through the Cs.
National Parks section is doing the parks but decade and showing when the years when each park was established as a National Park. Pretty cool info.
Arizona
Phoenix inset
1. Northern Pkwy is shown as a completed freeway.
Arkansas
1. Showing the Camden Bypass as a freeway.
2. US 412 Bypass of Paragould is extended west to US 412.
Jonesboro inset
1. Added Friendly Hope Rd and Ridgepoint Dr.
Pine Bluff inset
1. Bus US 63 is now Ark 463.
Ft Smith inset
1. Added Exit 330 with Exit 1 on I-40 for Dora.
California
1. Cal 58 is a completed multilane divided highway between Mojave and Barstow with a freeway section extended about 10 miles.
Next part will be D thru I sometime this week.
I waited for the Wal-Mart edition of the 2022 Rand McN to come out. I found one a few days ago in Couer d'Alene ID, and another yesterday in Bismarck ND. As seems typical, at the Couer d'Alene Wal-Mart its one copy of the 2022 atlas was buried among unsold 2021 atlases. In Bismarck, not only was the 2022 edition hidden behind some 2021s, but it wasn't yet in the store's inventory system, and it took some manual intervention by the attendant at the self-checkouts to get the system to let me buy it.
I'm not going to review the 2022 atlas until I'm back home, unless I need to use it to navigate my way home, or find a Wal-Mart along the way. The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
I have yet to see the 2022 atlas at a Walmart. In fact, it's rare for me to see a 2021. Lots of places are still selling the 2020 edition.
My dad just bought me the national parks edition for my birthday. It's a normal RMN road atlas, spiral-bound, except the whole first section is a two-page info spread on each national park with map included. Some are even more than two pages. 131 pages of national park info.
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
No, that reflects how much abuse the car copy of my RMcN gets. The home copies of my 2021 and earlier RMcNs are still intact.
Quote from: hbelkins on June 27, 2021, 09:22:33 PM
I have yet to see the 2022 atlas at a Walmart. In fact, it's rare for me to see a 2021. Lots of places are still selling the 2020 edition.
I checked my local (to where I work) Walmart last week. They no longer have the atlases in the auto section. They're in the books section. They had a good collection of 2020 and 2021 atlases still on the shelf, but no 2022 yet.
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
Quote from: oscar on July 14, 2021, 11:07:59 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
No, that reflects how much abuse the car copy of my RMcN gets. The home copies of my 2021 and earlier RMcNs are still intact.
If I'm taking a road atlas along in the car, then I usually put it in the seat-back pocket. So, half the times anyone in the seat behind it gets in or out of the car, he bumps the atlas. The cover then ends up being torn in short order. My usual edition is spiral-bound, so it tends to tear down along the perforation.
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
I can't remember: what's the geometry term for that?
Quote from: kphoger on July 14, 2021, 11:20:57 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
I can't remember: what's the geometry term for that?
I believe it's a line.
Chris
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
In the words of Chicago Cubs All Star Carlos Zambrano, "Oh Godt!"
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 14, 2021, 11:45:21 AM
Quote from: kphoger on July 14, 2021, 11:20:57 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
I can't remember: what's the geometry term for that?
I believe it's a line.
Chris
Hypotenuse, dammit! I should know because I read about it somewhere on the forum.
Cue Pink Floyd's "In The Flesh." ("Who let all this riff-raff into the room?")
Dzlsabe has been reincarnated! :-D :-D
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 01:22:56 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 14, 2021, 11:45:21 AM
Quote from: kphoger on July 14, 2021, 11:20:57 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
I can't remember: what's the geometry term for that?
I believe it's a line.
Chris
Hypotenuse, dammit! I should know because I read about it somewhere on the forum.
This wasn't on my bingo card for today.
Quote from: renegade on July 14, 2021, 04:25:56 PM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 01:22:56 PM
Quote from: jayhawkco on July 14, 2021, 11:45:21 AM
Quote from: kphoger on July 14, 2021, 11:20:57 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
I can't remember: what's the geometry term for that?
I believe it's a line.
Chris
Hypotenuse, dammit! I should know because I read about it somewhere on the forum.
This wasn't on my bingo card for today.
http://gph.is/1prfygP
It's the hypotenuse of a right angle for all intents and purposes, but one I totally like – in a fictional vacuum. Great access to Midway.
In reality it would be hideously expensive to build. Fifty years ago, not so much.
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
Wow, so you had the Hypotenuse idea independently of that troll? Now that is something. I only can assume it was an independent thing, since the troll was here before you registered.
Or...he's a sock puppet. :D
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
Heh.
Looking at that, it's clear why there's less than 0% chance it'd even get considered for construction.
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
I can barely read my old Michelin 2014 atlas because of all of my fictional markings
Quote from: Bickendan on July 16, 2021, 07:58:15 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
Heh.
Looking at that, it's clear why there's less than 0% chance it'd even get considered for construction.
All right. I'm gonna take this discussion in a new direction away from the possible wisdom of the "fictional line".
What, pray tell, is the logic for the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 34 as shown on the map? I am well aware that U.S. 34 once went all the way downtown and I
THINK may have at one time shared pavement with U.S. 66 (I'll need to go back and look at one of my old atlases).
I can well understand why they pulled U.S. 34 our of the Loop. Afterall, how many people would drive all the way downtown from Colorado or even Iowa?
But why did they end it like they did? It seems like a termination at I-294 would be a lot more logical or even at U.S. 12/20. I just don't get it. Any ideas?
Regards,
Fred M. Cain
Quote from: fredmcain on July 30, 2021, 08:57:19 AM
Quote from: Bickendan on July 16, 2021, 07:58:15 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
Heh.
Looking at that, it's clear why there's less than 0% chance it'd even get considered for construction.
All right. I'm gonna take this discussion in a new direction away from the possible wisdom of the "fictional line".
What, pray tell, is the logic for the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 34 as shown on the map? I am well aware that U.S. 34 once went all the way downtown and I THINK may have at one time shared pavement with U.S. 66 (I'll need to go back and look at one of my old atlases).
I can well understand why they pulled U.S. 34 our of the Loop. Afterall, how many people would drive all the way downtown from Colorado or even Iowa?
But why did they end it like they did? It seems like a termination at I-294 would be a lot more logical or even at U.S. 12/20. I just don't get it. Any ideas?
Regards,
Fred M. Cain
US 34 and US 66 both did run along Ogden Ave. That was until about 1970 according to the 1971 Illinois State Map. Also of note, through the 1960s, US 54 was on Michigan Ave, Alt US 30 was along Roosevelt Rd and Stony Island Ave and Illinois 72 was along Addison St.
Quote from: fredmcain on July 30, 2021, 08:57:19 AM
All right. I'm gonna take this discussion in a new direction away from the possible wisdom of the "fictional line".
What, pray tell, is the logic for the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 34 as shown on the map? I am well aware that U.S. 34 once went all the way downtown and I THINK may have at one time shared pavement with U.S. 66 (I'll need to go back and look at one of my old atlases).
I can well understand why they pulled U.S. 34 our of the Loop. Afterall, how many people would drive all the way downtown from Colorado or even Iowa?
But why did they end it like they did? It seems like a termination at I-294 would be a lot more logical or even at U.S. 12/20. I just don't get it. Any ideas?
Regards,
Fred M. Cain
Further info. (https://www.usends.com/34.html)
Chris
Returning momentarily to the road atlas discussion...
What is the difference between the Walmart version and the regular version?
I know an older Walmart version had a list of Walmart stores in it, an insanely useful feature I would be willing to pay extra for, but I don't recall seeing that in more recent versions.
Quote from: fredmcain on July 30, 2021, 08:57:19 AM
Quote from: Bickendan on July 16, 2021, 07:58:15 AM
Quote from: SkyPesos on July 14, 2021, 11:18:25 AM
Quote from: Henry on July 14, 2021, 10:36:00 AM
Quote from: bandit957 on June 27, 2021, 09:05:32 AM
Quote from: oscar on June 27, 2021, 08:16:09 AM
The main reason for looking for a 2022 atlas was my car copy of the 2021 was horribly beat-up, and it went into a recycle bin once I had a 2022 in hand.
The Rand McNally curse strikes again! Their road atlases fall apart faster than new roads can be built!
Which is why I buy a new one every few years. I just tape up the old ones and use them to draw my fictional roads on, plus any actual ones that may have been added since they were originally released.
Speaking of drawing fictional roads in a RandMcnally, I found this in my old 2015 copy:
(https://imgur.com/r9jeJA1.jpg)
Heh.
Looking at that, it's clear why there's less than 0% chance it'd even get considered for construction.
All right. I'm gonna take this discussion in a new direction away from the possible wisdom of the "fictional line".
What, pray tell, is the logic for the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 34 as shown on the map? I am well aware that U.S. 34 once went all the way downtown and I THINK may have at one time shared pavement with U.S. 66 (I'll need to go back and look at one of my old atlases).
I can well understand why they pulled U.S. 34 our of the Loop. Afterall, how many people would drive all the way downtown from Colorado or even Iowa?
But why did they end it like they did? It seems like a termination at I-294 would be a lot more logical or even at U.S. 12/20. I just don't get it. Any ideas?
Regards,
Fred M. Cain
They obviously were planning for that fictional blue marker line to be drawn on the actual earth.
Quote from: HighwayStar on August 01, 2021, 03:38:29 PM
I know an older Walmart version had a list of Walmart stores in it, an insanely useful feature I would be willing to pay extra for, but I don't recall seeing that in more recent versions.
Just got the 2022 Walmart edition in Mesquite NV. It still has the Walmart store directory.
Also noted: UT 7 is shown only as far as Exit 15 (and not even UC beyond), although it opened to MP 26 earlier this year. And good grief already, St. George is getting so large (approaching 200k metro) but still has that tiny little city map of basically only the downtown core.
The print is getting so tiny I can't even deal with atlases any more. My eyes aren't bad but they aren't getting younger either.
Quote from: Kniwt on August 06, 2021, 12:58:13 PM
Also noted: UT 7 is shown only as far as Exit 15 (and not even UC beyond), although it opened to MP 26 earlier this year. And good grief already, St. George is getting so large (approaching 200k metro) but still has that tiny little city map of basically only the downtown core.
RMcN tends to do that with almost all their non-SLC inset maps. There are even big chunks of the Wasatch Front that don't get any inset coverage because they aren't in the Salt Lake Valley or immediately next to Ogden or Provo.
But you're right that the St George map takes this to an extreme - at a minimum it should really include the northwest suburbs up to Ivins and southeast to the airport, which the current UDOT inset does... but one could maybe argue at this point it should have Hurricane in there too. I suppose we should consider ourselves lucky they give St George an inset at all...Cedar City seems like it's big enough for one but apparently not in the eyes of RMcN or UDOT.
Does the large scale edition show less detail than the standard edition?
Quote from: HighwayStar on August 01, 2021, 03:38:29 PM
What is the difference between the Walmart version and the regular version?
Two main differences:
1. Cheaper price for the Walmart versions; but the same exact atlas.
2. Walmart versions include a listing of all their stores.
Quote from: Galaga King on August 10, 2022, 04:55:52 PM
Does the large scale edition show less detail than the standard edition?
The large scale shows the same detail. it is 30-40% bigger maps. I personally prefer the large scale. The one thing though with the large scale is they drop the maps of Canada and Mexico.