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Boats have been carrying waterproof paper maps for decades, and for thousands of years before that carried vellum maps with waterproof ink. I have waterproof ma

Boats have been carrying waterproof paper maps for decades, and for thousands of years before that carried vellum maps with waterproof ink. I have waterproof maps on my boat, the physical maps are required by the US Coast Guard. You do not need extra equipment to read in the dark, you just need to not be standing next to a street lamp. Your eyes adjust quite well. If the moon is out you can read a map with sunglasses on. The moon is plenty bright enough to cast shadows and read by if there are no external light sources nearby. If you use paper maps for any period of time, folding them becomes second nature, this is like saying that reading books takes too long compared to watching movies because you have to learn to read. On boats, navigational maps are rolled and there is dedicated space for unrolling them. Not all maps are used in the backcountry. Also maps come in bound formats called atlases which are quite convenient. Also Mapscos. I feel like this post was written by someone who grew up in a post google maps world.

chrisseaton 7y ago
> Boats have been carrying waterproof paper maps for decades I didn't argue that they weren't waterproof. I laminate all my maps. I know they can be waterproof. > You do not need extra equipment to read in the dark Fundamentally, you're going to need a torch or image intensification on occasion. There can be not enough moonlight to read a map to any extent. > If you use paper maps for any period of time, folding them becomes second nature Yes that's what I argued was a benefit of them - that they can be folded easily. > On boats, navigational maps are rolled and there is dedicated space for unrolling them Yes that's what I argued was a benefit of them - that they can be displayed on a table. > Not all maps are used in the backcountry. Yes, I argued an advantage is being able to put them on the wall. > I feel like this post was written by someone who grew up in a post google maps world. I've spent hundreds of days operating by map alone all around the world. So, no. I feel like you read my comment and somehow got the opposite understanding of every aspect. I was arguing that paper is better, and you've come in said no actually paper is better?

chrisseaton 7y ago

> Boats have been carrying waterproof paper maps for decades I didn't argue that they weren't waterproof. I laminate all my maps. I know they can be waterproof. > You do not need extra equipment to read in the dark Fundamentally, you're going to need a torch or image intensification on occasion. There can be not enough moonlight to read a map to any extent. > If you use paper maps for any period of time, folding them becomes second nature Yes that's what I argued was a benefit of them - that they can be folded easily. > On boats, navigational maps are rolled and there is dedicated space for unrolling them Yes that's what I argued was a benefit of them - that they can be displayed on a table. > Not all maps are used in the backcountry. Yes, I argued an advantage is being able to put them on the wall. > I feel like this post was written by someone who grew up in a post google maps world. I've spent hundreds of days operating by map alone all around the world. So, no. I feel like you read my comment and somehow got the opposite understanding of every aspect. I was arguing that paper is better, and you've come in said no actually paper is better?