{"id":1787091,"date":"2019-02-15T10:52:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1787091"},"modified":"2019-02-15T10:52:58","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:52:58","slug":"more-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-paper-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/02\/more-on-the-pros-and-cons-of-paper-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"More on the Pros and Cons of Paper Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The flurry of articles defending paper maps continues, and it can be tricky to separate them from one another: some<\/a> are in the context of the Standfords store move; others are reprints of Meredith Broussard’s\u00a0Conversation<\/em> piece<\/a>. But Sidney Stevens’s essay for\u00a0Mother Nature Network<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is its own thing. It acknowledges both the downsides of paper maps (they get damaged and outdated) and the advantages of digital maps (“GPS”) before looking at the advantages of paper maps. It’s well-researched and well-considered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The flurry of articles defending paper maps continues, and it can be tricky to separate them from one another: some are in the context of the Standfords store move; others are reprints of Meredith Broussard’s\u00a0Conversation… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[752],"tags":[237,845],"class_list":["post-1787091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-navigation","tag-map-literacy","tag-paper-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1817651,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/07\/adam-savage-paper-maps-and-the-thomas-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787091,"position":0},"title":"Adam Savage, Paper Maps and the Thomas Guide","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"31 July 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1wBbu49F930 In a 15-minute video posted to YouTube, Adam Savage ruminates on the advantages of paper maps, the Los Angeles institution that was the Thomas Guide, and navigating by paper map in general (with digressions on the Knowledge and trap streets and such). Previously: The Rise and Fall of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Navigation"","block_context":{"text":"Navigation","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/navigation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/1wBbu49F930\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1787071,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/02\/technochauvinism-deep-knowledge-and-paper-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787091,"position":1},"title":"Technochauvinism, Deep Knowledge and Paper Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 February 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Paper maps continue to find their defenders. The latest is Meredith Broussard, author of Artificial Unintelligence. In a piece for The Conversation, she applies her argument against what she calls \"technochauvinism\"\u2014the idea that the digital and the technological are always better\u2014to mapmaking. \"Technochauvinists may believe that all digital maps are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Navigation"","block_context":{"text":"Navigation","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/navigation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1787977,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/10\/australia-to-eliminate-paper-topographic-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787091,"position":2},"title":"Australia to Eliminate Paper Topographic Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"29 October 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"The Australian government agency responsible for printing topographic maps will stop printing them as of December, ABC Australia reports. Geoscience Australia cites a lack of demand for paper maps, but as you can imagine there\u2019s some pushback against the decision. (The Canadian government tried something similar back in 2006, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Sport & Recreation"","block_context":{"text":"Sport & Recreation","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/sport-recreation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1786172,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/gatineau-park-recommends-paper-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787091,"position":3},"title":"Gatineau Park Recommends Paper Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"22 August 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Relying on your smartphone's maps can be risky in places where cellular service is patchy. That goes for Gatineau Park, where, despite the fact that its southeast corner is surrounded by the city of Gatineau, Quebec (across the river from Ottawa), staff still recommend people use paper maps, CBC News\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mobile"","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gatineau-park-map-1024x448.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gatineau-park-map-1024x448.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gatineau-park-map-1024x448.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/gatineau-park-map-1024x448.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1787028,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/more-on-stanfordss-move-and-paper-maps-comeback\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787091,"position":4},"title":"More on Stanfords’s Move and Paper Maps’ Comeback","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 January 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"Another article on the comeback of paper maps that is really about the move of the venerable map and travel bookstore Stanfords\u2019s London store to new digs, this time from Nicholas Crane in the Financial Times. He maunders a bit, as do many map aficionados when we get started, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Industry"","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1786930,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/01\/old-phones-old-maps-and-old-tech\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787091,"position":5},"title":"Old Phones, Old Maps and Old Tech","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 January 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"CNet\u2019s Kent German asks people to stop tech-shaming over old phones and paper maps, though I'm not exactly sure who exactly does this (it's not like he provides any examples). Anyway, one example he does use to bolster his argument is the time a paper map saved him from getting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Mobile"","block_context":{"text":"Mobile","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/mobile\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1787092,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787091\/revisions\/1787092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}