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Cable Crossing: What It Was Like to Travel when There Was No GPS Navigation and You Had to Pull Maps on Paper

Summary by meneame.net
And it is that before the technology turned everything around and became popular, towards 2008, in a general way with the TomTom (2005-2007), Nokia Maps (2006-2009), Google Maps (2007-2008), Apple Maps (2012) the maps on paper and the street were the best way to orient themselves. The updated ones were made buying the street map or the guide Campsa / Michelin of each year, which was an event and made them supersales. The cities and roads grow wi…
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And it is that before the technology turned everything around and became popular, towards 2008, in a general way with the TomTom (2005-2007), Nokia Maps (2006-2009), Google Maps (2007-2008), Apple Maps (2012) the maps on paper and the street were the best way to orient themselves. The updated ones were made buying the street map or the guide Campsa / Michelin of each year, which was an event and made them supersales. The cities and roads grow wi…

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meneame.net broke the news on Thursday, May 14, 2026.
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