2011 Rand McNally

[agentsteel53]

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).  

alternately, it is your last place to buy fireworks before heading into Nevada.

I've done the Loneliest Road run several times, and I tend to get gas at Delta, Ely, and Fallon, with the knowledge that the state line and Austin are there as well, in case I need them.  Tonopah-Ely is a nice fun long run without services as well, along US-6.  I forget where the intermediate point is on that route that has services; at the Extraterrestrial Highway branch, maybe?

[oscar]

I've done the Loneliest Road run several times, and I tend to get gas at Delta, Ely, and Fallon, with the knowledge that the state line and Austin are there as well, in case I need them.  Tonopah-Ely is a nice fun long run without services as well, along US-6.  I forget where the intermediate point is on that route that has services; at the Extraterrestrial Highway branch, maybe?

When I did the E.T. Highway in 1998, there was nothing but abandoned buildings in serious disrepair at the US 6 junction.  Had to wait until Tonopah to refuel (at outrageously high prices, I might add).

Rachel, on the E.T. Highway, does have some traveler services, but it's quite a ways off US 6. 

[agentsteel53]

Rachel, on the E.T. Highway, does have some traveler services, but it's quite a ways off US 6. 

94 miles, I believe.  It's not exactly efficient to detour down to Rachel and then back up 93 or whatnot to get to Ely.

Tonopah has some moderately expensive gas stations, but it's nothing like Bridgeport or - good grief! - Death Valley.

[Chris]

I finally ordered the new Rand McNally here in the Netherlands. (I didn't feel like paying $ 10 for shipping).

There is indeed some style changes, most notably the exit numbers. I'm not sure if I like it, I kind of feel that it draws too much attention. I also feel they could've add more larger metropolitan maps, for example Charlotte, New Orleans, Durham-Raleigh, etc.

The biggest improvement I noticed after a first quick scan seems to be West Virginia, which is now on a better scale.

(left: 2011 atlas, right 2010 atlas)

[elsmere241]

Kennewick/Richland/Pasco, WA still doesn't have a box, even though Yakima does - that's the one thing that jumped out at me that hasn't already been mentioned.  I just got my copy Saturday, I'll have to take another look and see if there's anything else.

[Alex]

I noticed that Lordsburg, NM now has a freeway loop! 

[mightyace]

The biggest improvement I noticed after a first quick scan seems to be West Virginia, which is now on a better scale.

Unfortunately, that is not in all editions.  My 2011 Wally-World version has West Virginia on one page.

[florida]

Kennewick/Richland/Pasco, WA still doesn't have a box, even though Yakima does - that's the one thing that jumped out at me that hasn't already been mentioned.  I just got my copy Saturday, I'll have to take another look and see if there's anything else.

It's only a matter of time. Look how long it took to get an inset for Parkersburg, WV.

The biggest improvement I noticed after a first quick scan seems to be West Virginia, which is now on a better scale.

Unfortunately, that is not in all editions.  My 2011 Wally-World version has West Virginia on one page.

Get a refund. Mine came from there and WV is shown with the updated scale.

[tdindy88]

I just picked one up recently and was finally pleased to see a Downtown inset for Indianapolis, something that the American Map Atlas has had for years. Personally, I wish they extended the Indy map to show more of the Metro area outside of the city, but as I feel as long as it has to share a two-page spread with Chicago that won't happen.

[mightyace]

Unfortunately, that is not in all editions.  My 2011 Wally-World version has West Virginia on one page.

Get a refund. Mine came from there and WV is shown with the updated scale.

Well, I've already accidentally rip a page out.  Anyway, I don't go through West Virginia that often anyway.

[agentsteel53]

Well, I've already accidentally rip a page out.  Anyway, I don't go through West Virginia that often anyway.

already?  I always know it's time for a new RMN when New Mexico starts falling out.

[BigMattFromTexas]

Dang! I still haven't gotten the 2011. The last one I got was the 2010. The '11 one looks interesting. I doubt they'd show the project of Loop 306 being under construction here...
BigMatt

[FLRoads]

Well, I've already accidentally rip a page out.  Anyway, I don't go through West Virginia that often anyway.

already?  I always know it's time for a new RMN when New Mexico starts falling out.

And I know someone whose NM/NJ page is already torn (came out when I grabbed it to look at it last week...  )

[florida]

Unfortunately, that is not in all editions.  My 2011 Wally-World version has West Virginia on one page.

Get a refund. Mine came from there and WV is shown with the updated scale.

Well, I've already accidentally rip a page out.  Anyway, I don't go through West Virginia that often anyway.

That's crap. It could have been sold on Fleabay as an err0r.

[shadyjay]

My 2011 ordered directly from Rand McNally has WV on one page (the left side), and has the state oriented vertically (ie - no need to turn the atlas to read it properly).

Judging by the spiral-bounding in the shot of where we started this WV discussion, it is most likely 2 pages in the large-scale edition of the atlas.   

[brownpelican]

The biggest improvement I noticed after a first quick scan seems to be West Virginia, which is now on a better scale.

Unfortunately, that is not in all editions.  My 2011 Wally-World version has West Virginia on one page.

It looks like Chris has the large print version.

[PAHighways]

I e-mailed Rand McNally's customer service about the errors that I found and gave them a link to this thread detailing the others found.  So far no response, which is a little disheartening being one of their affiliates.  The last time I e-mailed about the resurrected state routes in the Pittsburgh atlas, the response was swift.

[Stephane Dumas]

Does Rand McNally show the newest gaps of AB-201 and AB-216 in the insets of Calgary and Edmonton in the Alberta section?

[Landshark]

Kennewick/Richland/Pasco, WA still doesn't have a box, even though Yakima does - that's the one thing that jumped out at me that hasn't already been mentioned.

I am still waiting for Everett-Lynnwood.   Oregon is still missing Bend and Medford.   

[Bickendan]

Does Rand McNally show the newest gaps of AB-201 and AB-216 in the insets of Calgary and Edmonton in the Alberta section?

More importantly, can anything be made out for the Calgary and Edmonton insets? I remember editions of the atlas making the two cities look like puny cities just lucky enough to qualify for an inset (when they're both pretty big).

[Hot Rod Hootenanny]

I e-mailed Rand McNally's customer service about the errors that I found and gave them a link to this thread detailing the others found.  So far no response, which is a little disheartening being one of their affiliates.  The last time I e-mailed about the resurrected state routes in the Pittsburgh atlas, the response was swift.

They're probably going, "...not the roadgeek crowd again."

[Kniwt]

I've done the Loneliest Road run several times

Or, as the 2011 Rand McNally refers to it twice on the Nevada page, "LONLIEST ROAD." The error wasn't there in the 2010 edition.

[Quillz]

Does anyone know how Rand McNally actually designs their maps? Do they use a common software program, or is it something custom?

[KEK Inc.]

Does anyone know how Rand McNally actually designs their maps? Do they use a common software program, or is it something custom?

I'm assuming that they use satellite imagery to make the shaded-relief topography stand out in the map, and have their own map-making software. 

[Quillz]

Is there any commercially available map-making software that is similar? I've often wanted to try doing some custom maps myself.