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For hiking nothing really beats paper maps. It's so much faster to navigate by when you're used to it, since you don't end up in this constant loop of checking
by vegardx 5y ago
For hiking nothing really beats paper maps. It's so much faster to navigate by when you're used to it, since you don't end up in this constant loop of checking your phone, quickly losing awareness. I guess most people have experienced this when using their car GPS. Another thing I've seen happen quite frequently is that people under-/overestimate how far away something is because they're changing the map resolution back and forth.
I also suggest people look up local alternatives. A good example of excellent digital offline maps for Norway is ut.no or norgeskart.no, with their respective apps.
- dolmen 5y agoI love paper maps because: - scale is fixed, so 1 finger = x minutes walk - wide area view Every time I look at a map on my phone centered on my location I'm thinking I'm cheating, spoling the fun of finding where I am.
- will-bradley 5y agoThis is a great attitude, but there's a lot of people out there who don't find orienteering fun, they just want to get into and back out of nature safely: the natural surroundings are what's fun to them and they don't want to spend the time double checking the map and compass.