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Buy and practice using paper maps. Having directional awareness can save you in many un-anticipated circumstances. Do not rely on GPS. Not only because it is often wrong, it does not take into account road or bridge construction, or other obstructions, but because it is controlled by people that might not have your best interests in mind. Paper maps, old ones and newer ones show where roads are or have been, the connections, directions and landmarks. Learn them, use them. Skill building. It's a good thing.

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Kayne 10mo ago

so say a situation happens where I'm not in my local area and somehow I can't use the sun or stars for direction.

where would I actually find a map? say lost out in the bush or something.

am I meant to print out maps to take when I travel? I don't know where I would even buy a map in person, so do I print out google maps to take with me everywhere?

the local information centre does have a large map printed out, actually before the days of Google maps we used to just pull up in a town and read the local map at their information centre, and obviously street signs and landmarks.

don't remember ever actually using or needing paper maps.

I remember the scouts making a big deal about map and compass but they literally just had us walking along a hiking trail.

say it's so cloudy that I can't see the sun or stars, what good would the map be?

if you're lost and it's so cloudy you can't see the sky how do you even work out where you are on the map?