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a-z is good for british cities
michelin for european cities
but what for american cities?

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 21 July 2003 15:28 (twenty-three years ago)

i like them in that like book format thing, you know the sort i mean?

― gareth (gareth), Monday, 21 July 2003 15:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Thomas Brothers to thread!

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 05:24 (twenty-three years ago)

NYC = Hagstrom. I will hear of no other map.

― kate (kate), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 07:26 (twenty-three years ago)

just buy whatever's in the truck stop, gareth.

― hstencil, Tuesday, 22 July 2003 07:43 (twenty-three years ago)

when i had my car back in michigan (i miss my car), i kept a rand mcnally us altas in it at all times. they've got a page or two for each state, and a page with each major city. it's perfect for spontaneous trips since it has everything.

of course, it isn't nearly as detailed as an A-Z, but most us cities aren't that complicated anyway.

otherwise, pretty much everyone i know just uses the free maps from AAA. make a friend that's an AAA member and you can go and stock up on maps and books and stuff for free.

― colette (a2lette), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 09:03 (twenty-three years ago)

its the detail i am after though

i have the hagstrom for new york, but i want ones for baltimore, dc, boston, philly, austin, houston, dallas and LA

― gareth (gareth), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 09:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Anyone willing to find their own details: the Streetwise map for New York is a godsend.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 09:14 (twenty-three years ago)

for American cities, I think that Richard Saul Wurman's Access guides, while not necessarily on the cutting edge, are U&K for giving you a good sense of the layout and different districts/neighborhoods of American cities. not comprehensive maps by any means, but the well-designed mini-maps in them are useful guides to stuff you want to see/visit.

NYC = Hagstrom. I will hear of no other map.

while not for tourists who want to know where the biggest landmarks are and how to get between them, without any detail to distract, the best Manhattan map BY FAR is John Tauranac's Manhattan Block-by-Block: A Street Atlas.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 12:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Chris already gave the correct SoCal answer, so.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:26 (twenty-three years ago)

i have the hagstrom for new york, but i want ones for baltimore, dc, boston, philly, austin, houston, dallas and LA

shameless

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

(I like the laminated Streetwise ones too, Andrew; they are very pretty and accessible.)

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:50 (twenty-three years ago)

shameless

He's had his fun, and that's what's important.

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

(I hear the A-Z Manchester is indispensible.)

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 22 July 2003 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

do you like hagstrom for the states too, gareth? i looked at a nj one the other day, but had to save my $ for booze

― Mary (Mary), Tuesday, 29 July 2003 08:22 (twenty-three years ago)

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