I lament the vast reduction of street signs, at least in my country, that can be used for navigation. Like a sign that says to turn left for City X 15mi away. T

I lament the vast reduction of street signs, at least in my country, that can be used for navigation. Like a sign that says to turn left for City X 15mi away. These used to be ubiquitous- you could get between city A and B through those signs alone. Sat Nav means there is vastly less need for signposting routes between major towns or landmarks. Growing up before sat nav, even as a child passenger, these signs helped me build a mental model of what was where and possibly train an early sense of direction. When my kid was young I’d frequently ask them to draw to scale on paper the mental maps they have of where everything in their world is. I reckon this helped form their sense of direction. If you have a youngster and not tried this then give it a go, it’s illuminating. “Point to where you think X is” also helps train a kids sense of direction through feedback loops.