2011 Rand McNally

[hbelkins]

Checked the Walmart near Man O'War Blvd. and I-75 in Lexington, Ky. today. No 2011 Rand McNally atlases to be found, but still plenty of 2010's.

[xonhulu]

Same here in Salem, OR.

[lamsalfl]

just noticed that the 2011 Rand shows a US 24 freeway from Defiance, OH to Woodburn, IN.  And they can't show freeway u/c for I-49 in LA?

[SSOWorld]

Walmart in Plattville WI had some 2010s left - but the main location of them was empty as were a majority of the impulse buying department (a.k.a. the shelving by the checkouts) indicating they're possibly pulling them off.

[oscar]

Uneven availability out here.  The first two WalMarts I checked east of D.C. didn't have the 2011 edition, but I found some at the WalMart at Dunkirk MD.

Too bad the price is $6.97, a dollar higher than last year.

[lamsalfl]

just noticed that the 2011 sees some deletions of freeway on US 71 in Missouri.  This time the freeway and interchange at Lamar, Sheldon, Archie, and north of I-435 are gone.  Are these accurate?

[bugo]

just noticed that the 2011 sees some deletions of freeway on US 71 in Missouri.  This time the freeway and interchange at Lamar, Sheldon, Archie, and north of I-435 are gone.  Are these accurate?

They were all interchanges when I was up there last summer.  There are lots of interchanges north of I-435.  In fact there are only two short sections of 'Texas Style' frontage road expressway, the rest is all freeway.

[PAHighways]

I noticed this error the other night.  For some reason, they put a US 220 shield on the former alignment south of Port Matilda which was not there on the 2009 edition.  Going back to what Alex said earlier about map makers not doing research, that segment of old 220 is still indicated by a red line instead of a gray one.

[rawmustard]

I finally picked up a copy while at a Target today (same price as has been reported at the Wal-Marts), and really the only addition I saw for Michigan was US-31's exit numbers. There is an error of sorts as it shows Muskegon Business 31's new alignment as a gray line rather than an orange one. They don't yet mark M-311, which was marked on MDOT's map beginning this year, but M-107 is still marked.

[Pilgrimway]

Rand McNally still refuses to acknowledge exit 98 off DE 1 in the Dover DE insert.  It may be a partial interchange but still.

Exit 91 on DE 1 is also not there, as RM shows DE 1 as a regular 4 lane road, not a controlled access highway there.

[Alex]

Rand McNally still refuses to acknowledge exit 98 off DE 1 in the Dover DE insert.  It may be a partial interchange but still.

Exit 91 on DE 1 is also not there, as RM shows DE 1 as a regular 4 lane road, not a controlled access highway there.

And they still do not have the alignment change of DE 141's north end on the Wilmington/Newark inset...

[froggie]

Exit 91 on DE 1 is also not there, as RM shows DE 1 as a regular 4 lane road, not a controlled access highway there.

Technically, only northbound DE 1 is controlled access through there.  Southbound still has the intersection at the quarry entrance that used to have a signal.

[Alex]

Found some more substantial errors:

On the Georgia page, Interstate 285 now travels to downtown Atlanta.
On the Florida page, Florida G1A has been resurrected over Florida 300 to St. Georges Island.
On the New Jersey Page, where the N.J. Turnpike splits, it is now signed as Interstates 95E and 95W.
On the New York side of the NJ page, a blatant steal from the 2009 UCrap atlas, Harlem River and FDR Drives are under construction and not open to traffic!
Also on the New York side of the NJ page, I-278E travels the Grand Central Parkway east from I-278, and a number of parkways now include 900 series state shields.

[FLRoads]

Also on the Florida page, one of the toll bridges in Fort Myers now runs north-south instead of east-west! According to them, the Cape Coral bridge now connects with Florida 867 and Florida 865...

[agentsteel53]

On the Florida page, Florida G1A has been resurrected over Florida 300 to St. Georges Island.
On the New Jersey Page, where the N.J. Turnpike splits, it is now signed as Interstates 95E and 95W.
Also on the New York side of the NJ page, I-278E travels the Grand Central Parkway east from I-278, and a number of parkways now include 900 series state shields.

please find me example shields of these in the wild 

[florida]

I highly enjoy the unincorporated/incorporated dots for cities and the new insets for Parkersburg, WV and Paducah, KY (there are probably a couple more I forgot.) Yay for new insets! This makes it worth the $6.97.

[agentsteel53]

I highly enjoy the unincorporated/incorporated dots for cities and the new insets for Parkersburg, WV and Paducah, KY (there are probably a couple more I forgot.) Yay for new insets! This makes it worth the $6.97.

I'm not sure if incorporated vs unincorporated is a distinction that is dear to many motorists.  I'd like to see a distinction between "town with reasonable services, including gas station" vs "what appears to be the remnants of a 1910s motel are found if you carefully examine the ground under the rattlesnake".

[florida]

I highly enjoy the unincorporated/incorporated dots for cities and the new insets for Parkersburg, WV and Paducah, KY (there are probably a couple more I forgot.) Yay for new insets! This makes it worth the $6.97.

I'm not sure if incorporated vs unincorporated is a distinction that is dear to many motorists.  I'd like to see a distinction between "town with reasonable services, including gas station" vs "what appears to be the remnants of a 1910s motel are found if you carefully examine the ground under the rattlesnake".

The bolder the town name the better services they provide? Right?

Other insets:
-Coeur d'Alene, ID
-Cocoa, FL (now because of a merged Titusville-Melbourne inset).
-Iowa City, IA

Is Texarkana (AR page) new?

Also the handful of central/downtown insets and the other merged and extended ones are nice.

[agentsteel53]

The bolder the town name the better services they provide? Right?

except in the case of the smallest town gradation.  Delta and Scipio, Utah, for example, are shown as the same font and size.  Delta is a perfectly good community where I've spent many a night (okay, two) and gotten many a tank of gas (at least four).  Scipio has been abandoned every time I've been there, which is as long ago as 1998.

that part of Utah is NOT where you want to be running low on gas, by the way!

[corco]

except in the case of the smallest town gradation.  Delta and Scipio, Utah, for example, are shown as the same font and size.  Delta is a perfectly good community where I've spent many a night (okay, two) and gotten many a tank of gas (at least four).  Scipio has been abandoned every time I've been there, which is as long ago as 1998.

Wait- there's no gas in Sciopo? This is good to know- I'm going to be there on Sunday on my way back to Idaho and was planning on refueling there

[agentsteel53]

actually, Google Street View shows a Flying J gas station off I-15 to the northwest.  New since Nov '08, which is the last time I was there. 

[triplemultiplex]

Seems like there's been a handful of insets added since the '09 edition I'm looking at right now.  Any major layout changes though?  The expansion of Arkansas to a two page layout improved one of the states that desperately need that treatment.  Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina are the others that need 2 pages.

[SSOWorld]

take a look at the Downtown Chicago inset.  You will find the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, Soldier Field, and McCormick East building blocks conspicuously missing

I noticed that the cover of the standard 2011 Atlas is different from the Wally World version as well.

[florida]

The bolder the town name the better services they provide? Right?

except in the case of the smallest town gradation.  Delta and Scipio, Utah, for example, are shown as the same font and size.  Delta is a perfectly good community where I've spent many a night (okay, two) and gotten many a tank of gas (at least four).  Scipio has been abandoned every time I've been there, which is as long ago as 1998.

that part of Utah is NOT where you want to be running low on gas, by the way!

I would take my chances with Delta before Scipio. Delta is generic and home-y. Places like that should have services period.

[oscar]

The bolder the town name the better services they provide? Right?

except in the case of the smallest town gradation.  Delta and Scipio, Utah, for example, are shown as the same font and size.  Delta is a perfectly good community where I've spent many a night (okay, two) and gotten many a tank of gas (at least four).  Scipio has been abandoned every time I've been there, which is as long ago as 1998.

that part of Utah is NOT where you want to be running low on gas, by the way!

I would take my chances with Delta before Scipio. Delta is generic and home-y. Places like that should have services period.

I spent the night in Delta in 2008.  Full traveler services including some chain restaurants and lodgings, and I didn't get gouged at the gas pump.  Fortunately, because there's almost nothing west to Ely NV (just the Border Inn, in case you really need to refuel as you enter Nevada, or can't wait to play the slots).