Many Realtors are going to be OLD MAP BOOKs if they do not adapt to the GPS our industry has become.

I remember the Thomas Guide.  Each one of us had one in the car.  A

Totally remember those books!  When I moved to Phoenix in 93 (from small town of Flagstaff) I used the big map book to map out every house I showed. I had no idea of where I was going and I sure wanted to get there!

I can say many rural areas are not reflected correctly on online maps, the good old fashions ones have a place some days

When I first started in the business I had the map books. I remember putting stickies on the streets of the houses I was showing & then doing a connect-the-dots to plan my route.

Even though we have GPS now & life's a lot simpler I still think it's a good idea for this generation to learn to read maps. 

The good old days...

In the Northwest they were called Thomas Guides.  As an Wholesale Account Executive I remember driving to clients with the map open on my steering wheel!!!  Crazy!  

I used to have many of those. I still have a couple of US Atlases to help plan trips.

A new world we live in, I like it.

Old map books? Richie, you're not related to Amerigo Vespucci are you? Just say road atlas. I keep one around just in case.

I even remember old mls books.

Ohh, yes, I remember those days very well!  Thanks goodness for technology which makes our job so much easier..

The "Thomas Guide" was a required purchase each year.  We'd hit up Costco every January and they'd have pallets of them.  We'd buy one for the (home) office, then move that one to the primary car, then that one to the secondary car and the secondary car's old one would be tossed. 

We used to have the Thomas Guide map page listed in all our listings and the office is where we planned our driving routes, so that's why the newest one went to the office.

I do remember. Life is so much easier with navigation.  

How about AAA trip  planning book routes their office provided members. The agents preplanned your whole route so you wouldn't get lost:-)

My parents were not AAA members.  They used to get in the biggest arguments over map reading. Dad would never stop for direction help.....

I still keep old fashioned maps in the car because the moment I need to rely on the GPS, it looses its signal!

The old maps are going by the wayside just like the phone book that showed up by front door last week.  Recycle bin.

We still have US maps in our traveling vehicle. We used to highlight all the places we went as we traveled cross country, but we have stopped doing that. The maps are still in the car though and the kids look at them sometimes on our road trips. -K

Oh,yes!  I keep an atlas in my car because I don't always take the GPS recommended route.  Last year, for example, on my way thru California to Arizona, I went a much more indirect route to avoid fires and traffic issues.

Yes, I remember them quite well. In fact, I still have one although I'm sure "why?". Memories...

I do remember my gigantic map book.... Google Maps trumps it, for sure...

I still buy and keep an atlas in my car, never more than 2 years old.  The grid could go down, the roads aren't moving.

I use my iphone maps for years and waze.

It still is in our MLS work sheets

I still have a couple

Richie Alan Naggar - the technology world is moving so fast...

I was just discussing how Google Maps has simplified driving this week. It is nice that you can program in the address and have the directions read to you. No more pulling over when you are alone. Of course Google Maps and a passenger/navigator is even better. :-)

I still have an almanac in my car for my county just in case I need it some day.

Those were great, Richie. Disappeared with GPS and Google Maps.

Actually, I don't, Richie. I was selling in NYC at that time... no maps needed.... city is east and west and north and south on a grid. Besides I grew up in NYC and could get anywhere by foot, subway, bus without consulting any maps. By the time I was selling in Charlotte, there was mapquest, etc. to consult.

Richie Alan Naggar I still have an old ADC map book on my book shelf. If you need a map, Google Maps sure makes life easier.

I've heard Waze is even better than Google Maps. It'll give you a different route if there's traffic, etc. I haven't tried it yet though.

I did buy several, and gave them to relocation buyers when they came into town, and now that company is out of business.

Yes I remember the days of paper maps!

We had the Mapsco maps and lived by it! It even had the subdivision names in the areas and was the way I learned all of them!

Oh, I do! I remember my trifold, laminated Charlotte map - loved it!

Funny but, because I used a map so much before GPS ever came about, I utilize the map on my dashboard GPS far more than the directions!

Knowing the city from memorizing that laminated map years ago has been a tremendous benefit in this business!

I remember those well... put lots of red dots on them to map out showings. Doesn't seem like it was that long ago. For personal road trips, AAA used to map it out for you with all the accompanying routing maps.

Ron and Alexandra Seigel nailed this one!

Yes.

I get detailed directions because to ofter GPS is off by miles