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Interesting implications, perhaps the global positioning system is not as infallible as we thought

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think I recall some years back that the American Automobile Association stopped offering paper maps at their offices.

You can still print out maps, but those have an index to find roads, are useful to do road navigation.

That being said, a computerized map without satellite positioning system is probably the most-realistic alternative, but since you mentioned paper...