After I go someplace I have Mapquested, I file the printout in a special file in the glove compartment (or trunk) of my car. Then next time I need to go, or need the mailing address, its handy. I also always write the phone number right onto the Mapquest pages. Click here to visit Mapquest.
By Linda
Editor's Note: Google now has map pages as well. They don't have driving directions but they do have a fun feature with satellite pictures of many places. You can look at your street from above. Click here to visit Google Maps.
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I always preferred Rand McNally Maps over Mapquest but those Google maps look great!
Thanks for the info!
Dear Linda,
don't save the print-outs! Last year's route might lead you the wrong way down a one way street or get you totally lost. Just bookmark the route and save the destinations and starting points, and always get a current routing. If there is construction involved, or if it involves Phoenix, where they change routing continuously just to keep the cabbies confused, you need the freshest routing that you can get.
Instead of printing out the routing, you can write it onto a roll of cheap till tape. (Start writing a foot or two from the end) You can hang that roll with a string from the mirror so that it hangs just past the top edge of the dash in easy view. As you pass intersections, pull the tape down a bit to the next line.
I found that the physical act of writing down exits and intersections helps me to memorize the turns.
Have FUN!
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I like to use http://www.mapsonus.com or AAA has an online map creator that you can use if you are a member.
google does have driving directions....but check the map before you rely on them.... just about everytime I've used them they've taken me the "long" way...and a couple of times even given incorrect directions.
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