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Your first road atlas

Started by bugo, September 02, 2014, 12:55:53 AM

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Alex

Quote from: mjb2002 on October 31, 2014, 09:02:10 PM
1997 Greenville County, S.C. atlas from the Irmo-based Accurate Maps and Atlases, which is no longer in existence. It would have been the company's 30th anniversary this year.



The inside of one of the pages:



Both images are broken.


DeaconG

1966 Rand McNally Atlas.  I was seven and I had to have it!  I spent hours poring over it...
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brownpelican

My dad's Rand McNally from 85 or 86.

swbrotha100

My parents had an old Rand McNally road atlas from the 1970s. I think the first Rand McNally atlas I got myself was in the early 1990s.

cpzilliacus

About 1975 or 1974 Alexandria Drafting Company atlases of Montgomery County, Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland.
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mtantillo

1986 Hagstrom of Nassau County. First US atlas was 1992 Rand McNally.

US 41

I went to the Indiana State University library today. I found RandMcnally road atlases from 2002 all the way back to 1959. There are several really interesting things I found. In the 60's they al showed Central America (some of the early 60 atlases showed a proposed road from Panama to Colombia. The 1962 showed the proposed routing of I-64 going through central Ilinois and across Indiana alongside US 50 / US 150. One of them showed a road map of Cuba and showed a car ferry from Key West to Havana (it must've been before the embargo).
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DeaconG

Quote from: cpzilliacus on November 12, 2014, 10:55:25 PM
About 1975 or 1974 Alexandria Drafting Company atlases of Montgomery County, Maryland and Prince George's County, Maryland.

Those things were invaluable when I lived in PG County in the early 80s.  I had several in my car just in case: Montgomery, PG, Anne Arundel, Howard and Baltimore County; plus Fairfax and Stafford counties as well as Arlington and Alexandria in Virginia.
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mjb2002

Quote from: Alex on November 01, 2014, 12:21:48 PM
Quote from: mjb2002 on October 31, 2014, 09:02:10 PM
1997 Greenville County, S.C. atlas from the Irmo-based Accurate Maps and Atlases, which is no longer in existence. It would have been the company's 30th anniversary this year.



The inside of one of the pages:



Both images are broken.

Ok. I decided to upload the images into Picasa.




Alert me if these images are broken and I'll try to fix them (yet) again.

BamaZeus

I still have my 1982 Rand McNally upon which I drew various updates, like the finishing of 95 in Florida.

I also have a few of those AAA tour books, since my grandmother was a travel agent.  They're not really atlases, but they had plenty of maps in them.  They looked like this   https://img0.etsystatic.com/036/0/6293017/il_340x270.638475502_c0v8.jpg

CapeCodder

1996 Rand McNally.

First street atlas: Wunnenburgs 1995 Saint Louis County Street Guide.

jakeroot

Never owned an atlas (always had a GPS).

Roadrunner75


jakeroot

Quote from: Roadrunner75 on January 12, 2015, 06:45:00 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 12, 2015, 04:29:51 PM
Never owned an atlas (always had a GPS).

Seize him!

I don't need one mate. I don't see the reason for it. Historic Aerials has all the atlas' that I'd ever need to look at.

Roadrunner75

Quote from: jakeroot on January 13, 2015, 03:17:42 AM
Quote from: Roadrunner75 on January 12, 2015, 06:45:00 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 12, 2015, 04:29:51 PM
Never owned an atlas (always had a GPS).
Seize him!
I don't need one mate. I don't see the reason for it. Historic Aerials has all the atlas' that I'd ever need to look at.
Unacceptable.  Please report to your local Walmart or Target and pick up a Rand McNally 2015.  All roadnuts are required to have an atlas or at least a road map of some type.  I can't imagine not having one in the magazine basket in the bathroom.


Zeffy

Ever since I got my atlases from a friend, I have balanced between my phone for checking the forums and looking at the atlases while I go the bathroom.
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bugo

Quote from: jakeroot on January 13, 2015, 03:17:42 AM
Quote from: Roadrunner75 on January 12, 2015, 06:45:00 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 12, 2015, 04:29:51 PM
Never owned an atlas (always had a GPS).

Seize him!

I don't need one mate. I don't see the reason for it. Historic Aerials has all the atlas' that I'd ever need to look at.

Because online maps have shitty cartography?

jakeroot

Quote from: bugo on January 13, 2015, 04:20:11 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 13, 2015, 03:17:42 AM
Quote from: Roadrunner75 on January 12, 2015, 06:45:00 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 12, 2015, 04:29:51 PM
Never owned an atlas (always had a GPS).

Seize him!

I don't need one mate. I don't see the reason for it. Historic Aerials has all the atlas' that I'd ever need to look at.

Because online maps have shitty cartography?

That's purely subjective.

NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

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Roadrunner75

Quote from: NE2 on January 13, 2015, 05:19:10 PM
Ahem, Bland McCrappy?
It's cheap and easy to find, despite the errors and poor updating.  Good enough for bathroom reading and the car.


jakeroot

Quote from: Roadrunner75 on January 13, 2015, 08:42:24 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 13, 2015, 05:19:10 PM
Ahem, Bland McCrappy?

It's cheap and easy to find, despite the errors and poor updating.  Good enough for bathroom reading and the car.

Is it any better than Google Maps?

NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

I accept and respect your identity as long as it's not dumb shit like "identifying as a vaccinated attack helicopter".

jakeroot

Quote from: NE2 on January 13, 2015, 09:11:02 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 13, 2015, 08:47:35 PM
Is it any better than Google Maps?

For small scale use, yes.

Well, let's say I'm trying to find a Future Shop. I don't think Rand McNally is going to help me.

Roadrunner75

Quote from: jakeroot on January 13, 2015, 10:35:11 PM
Quote from: NE2 on January 13, 2015, 09:11:02 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on January 13, 2015, 08:47:35 PM
Is it any better than Google Maps?
For small scale use, yes.
Well, let's say I'm trying to find a Future Shop. I don't think Rand McNally is going to help me.
Actually if you press hard enough on the atlas, a search box will pop up on page 63.  The new versions are pretty high-tech.

I'm not suggesting an atlas or road map as a replacement for Google, etc., but a good roadnut should have all the tools in his or her arsenal, including good old hard copy maps. I think atlases provide the best quick overview of a state or portions thereof.  When it's time for detail, online you go.

texaskdog

I don't remember my first one but my last one was a 1953 I found at the antique mall for $10.  Was just shocked he only wanted $10.



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