The map being physically connected to the odometer, albeit by a long cable, seems like a good idea but this feels like an early example of how hardware engineer

The map being physically connected to the odometer, albeit by a long cable, seems like a good idea but this feels like an early example of how hardware engineering and software engineering (in this case, UX) are quite separate skill sets! It’s a cute idea but an unnecessary (and literal) coupling of the measurement function with the route information. There’s a reason that numerical odometers with dual absolute / trip delta readings caught on — far more flexible.