I've always loved maps. I like looking at one, and seeing the lines representing roads and rivers, and then later, after I'm there, looking at the map again to get the perspective of where I am.

Though I have been won over somewhat, by GPS, it doesn't replace that "map thing" !

I've got a obsession with maps, particularly when I read a book set in a place I'm unfamiliar with. I also work in sales for a mortgage company. I find myself looking up cities and towns our clients are from a lot, particularly if it's in a state I've visited or a state I find interesting.

Do American learn about the Waldseemüller map?
[en.wikipedia.org]

I am still in major disbelief that the ass-hats at google, mapquest,.... continue to use the mercator projection for maps.

Doing this contributes the to ignorance and idiocy and the insane republican blackholes.

No wonder there are posts about how greenland is bigger than 'stralia.

When I was a kid, I used to get the road atlas out and look at it all the time. I still do sometimes ❤

Yes, I love maps. I create lots of them for my work (ArcGIS).

How many maps could a mapper map if a mapper could map maps?

I loved maps, and then I asked a tutee where the Middle East was, she pointed to Northern China.

Hhmm... are we talking maps that would lead to a buried treasure? I like those kind of maps...

Old maps very much so! The directional roses and little added mythical creations are beautiful!

I was a Boy Scout leader for many years and one of my favorite activities was teaching overland navigation using topographic maps that I bought from the USGA. Since much of this time we were in Missouri, we hiked many miles far from civilization over the Ozarks, through the Mark Twain National Forest, and through many streams. Not every boy became really competent with a map and a compass but most did. I have great memories of these times and know I helped many boys become competent and confident hikers.