2017 Rand Mcnally Road Atlas

[paulthemapguy]

I am tripping balls right now because I just bought my copy of the atlas at a Barnes & Noble in Plainfield, Illinois.

Please share your ability to access alternate realities so I can see how Chicagoland would be with more of the once proposed freeways completed, as the Barnes and Noble in Plainfield, Illinois closed a year or two ago.
Streetview from when Plainfield, Illinois had a Barnes and Noble
More recent streetview of the same site

Technically it's in Joliet, but it's close enough to the Plainfield border.  Honestly who cares

[SSOWorld]

Non-roads update: The highest point in Alaska/North America is now properly named as Denali.  There is zero mentions of Mt. McKinley

main map for AK (Src Atlas Maps app from RMcN)

Denali NP Inset for AK.(Src Atlas Maps app from RMcN)

The full USA map and the full Canada Map (which has enough room to show Denali's location) also show Denali.

[Roadrunner75]

I couldn't find 2017 at a local Walmart or Target so I broke down and got two on Amazon last week.  Of course two days later I run across a whole bunch at another Walmart with their discount price.  As someone mentioned previously, Target is happy to keep unloading their 2 year old atlases.

The atlas has been placed in the bathroom magazine basket, and the "spot the changes" game has begun.

[paulthemapguy]

Does the atlas properly show which sections of Alaska highways are paved and which sections are not paved?

[US 41]

I just noticed that I-95 in Delaware is now shown in blue except between the two exits near the MD state line where you actually have to pay a toll. I'm glad they changed that.

[LM117]

I just noticed today that there is toll road under construction (green dashed line) along US 74 southeast of Charlotte, NC.

That's the Monroe Bypass.

[paulthemapguy]

Was looking at the North Carolina page...Anyone notice anything wrong here?

[SSOWorld]

Incompleted route number.

[LM117]

Was looking at the North Carolina page...Anyone notice anything wrong here?

Bethel is labeled in the wrong spot. It should be just south of the US-13/US-64 junction north of Greenville.

EDIT: Never mind. Google Maps shows it as an area, not a town. I was thinking of the town. 

[Mapmikey]

The incompleted route number could've been intended to put a 37 in the blank as it is being extended south to US 64.

Also, there has never been a US 64 ALT there and NC 94 runs separate from US 64 on its way to Columbia.

At least they show a road but the way the map is labeled it implies NC 45 goes to Plymouth when it bypasses it to the southeast.

NC 45 overlay with US 264 and its separate route into Swanquarter not shown (NC 94 from the other direction is however).

US 264 Business through Belhaven not labeled

Indeed there is a signed Bethel at that location:  https://goo.gl/maps/SRcYkXQXXi72

[paulthemapguy]

The incompleted route number could've been intended to put a 37 in the blank as it is being extended south to US 64.

Also, there has never been a US 64 ALT there and NC 94 runs separate from US 64 on its way to Columbia.

At least they show a road but the way the map is labeled it implies NC 45 goes to Plymouth when it bypasses it to the southeast.

NC 45 overlay with US 264 and its separate route into Swanquarter not shown (NC 94 from the other direction is however).

US 264 Business through Belhaven not labeled

Indeed there is a signed Bethel at that location:  https://goo.gl/maps/SRcYkXQXXi72

If Bethel is an unincorporated place, then Rand McNally was consistent with their labeling scheme, using their open-shaded circle.
The gaping hole in the bubble with the "32" should also have a "94."  They forgot to put the "94" in at the bottom.  wahp wahp lol 

[LM117]

McNally be trippin'.

[empirestate]

If Bethel is an unincorporated place, then Rand McNally was consistent with their labeling scheme, using their open-shaded circle.

Wait, RMcN distinguishes between incorporated and unincorporated places?

[kurumi]

"In one-quarter mile, turn left on Route North Carolina Non-Breaking Space"

[D-Dey65]

What do you all do with your old atlas(es) when you get a new one? Keep them, trash them, or recycle them?

I keep all of mine in a box in my closet so I can go back and look at them years later.

DUH! I keep them just to have something to draw new roads on, though the older ones have been worn out by now.

I've done a few of those myself, but I wish I hadn't. Mine are in storage too, except for my Hagstrom's Suffolk County Atlas from the 1990's which I'm still struggling to keep together.

[Mapmikey]

If Bethel is an unincorporated place, then Rand McNally was consistent with their labeling scheme, using their open-shaded circle.

Wait, RMcN distinguishes between incorporated and unincorporated places?

Yes...this is a relatively recent thing with the RcMns

[empirestate]

If Bethel is an unincorporated place, then Rand McNally was consistent with their labeling scheme, using their open-shaded circle.

Wait, RMcN distinguishes between incorporated and unincorporated places?

Yes...this is a relatively recent thing with the RcMns

Interesting; I'll have to scope that out some day! Do they use the Census Bureau's definition, or do they also show New York/New England towns as incorporated as well?

[paulthemapguy]

Btw...choosing Acadia NP for the cover photo?  10/10 
Was there last fall and holy crap is that place beautiful

[Roadrunner75]

Btw...choosing Acadia NP for the cover photo?  10/10 
Was there last fall and holy crap is that place beautiful

We may be going there this summer.  Really looking forward to it.  We did Portland / Southern Maine last time, and thought we'd get up there, but it was too long a drive to squeeze it in (and my car was looking forward to climbing Mt. Washington on the return trip, and I didn't want to disappoint..)

[hobsini2]

So I finally was able to get my 2017 RMCN. When I have time Kama I will go through and see if I notice any other changes that have not been mentioned.

[ftballfan]

I didn't buy it, but I've had the opportunity to look through one, and I noticed that the blue dashed line for the US-31 freeway in Benton Harbor has been removed. Also, it looks like M-231 was put in as an afterthought (in gray when it should have been at least narrow red). Also noticed that exit numbers still aren't included for US-10 or US-127 (or US-131 north of Cadillac). I think it also doesn't have the interchange at US-127 and M-57 marked as one.

[paulthemapguy]

I didn't buy it, but I've had the opportunity to look through one, and I noticed that the blue dashed line for the US-31 freeway in Benton Harbor has been removed. Also, it looks like M-231 was put in as an afterthought (in gray when it should have been at least narrow red). Also noticed that exit numbers still aren't included for US-10 or US-127 (or US-131 north of Cadillac). I think it also doesn't have the interchange at US-127 and M-57 marked as one.

I'm still waiting for the day when all state routes are given the narrow red line.  I don't really care for the arbitrary judgment they make on whether a state route is major or minor.  Just show them all equally, unless they're a lowly gravel or chip-seal road.

[empirestate]

I'm still waiting for the day when all state routes are given the narrow red line.  I don't really care for the arbitrary judgment they make on whether a state route is major or minor.  Just show them all equally, unless they're a lowly gravel or chip-seal road.

I have occasionally pondered whether there's a good way, using symbology alone, to indicate both the classification of a road (state, county, municipal, etc.) and its physical characteristics (width, surfacing). Has any map company successfully done this?

[Roadrunner75]

As of yesterday, the Target closest to me still had (only) a stack of 2015 atlases.  I'm thinking this is not because the 2017s have sold out....

[paulthemapguy]

Pretty minor, but the 2017 atlas still shows MN-228 existing, though it was decommissioned back in 2012.