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124 of 126 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally! A manageable atlas that is easy to read!,
By windypoo (Memphis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Road Atlas Large Scale: United States (Rand McNally Large Scale Road Atlas U. S. A.) (Spiral-bound)
A recent roadtrip with our old atlas made us wish we'd brought along a magnifying glass and it prompted me to purchase this Atlas. Granted, this one has almost twice as many pages as my old atlas, but the dimensions are the same and the spiral binding makes it very easy to handle in the car. As soon as it arrived, we compared the text size to that in our original atlas and we saw a definite advantage. Very nice!
58 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
If you like road maps, this is the one for you,
By Steven A. Peterson (Hershey, PA (Born in Kewanee, IL)) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Rand McNally 2007 Road Atlas: United States-Large Scale (Rand Mcnally Large Scale Road Atlas USA) (Paperback)
I have loved maps since I was a teenager. At one level, I just enjoy picking a state and seeing its geographical features and how I would get from one place to another. This Rand McNally Road Atlas is one that I have been using for over 40 years.
The 2007 version is top notch, like its predecessors. The maps that suggest how long it takes to go from one place to another are terrific; the suggested attractions that one might visit are very helpful; tourist and hotel information is very nice. However, it is the state by state maps that are the central feature of this publication (as well as maps of Mexico and Canada and Puerto Rico). Anyone who is interested in how to get from Point A to Point B will revel in this work. There are even road construction updates available online for those who buy these maps. All in all, this is one of those "golden oldies" that merits consideration by those of us who want to know how to get from one place to another.
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good detail but not as well designed as it could have been,
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This review is from: Large Scale Road Atlas (Rand Mcnally Large Scale Road Atlas USA) (Spiral-bound)
The Rand McNally atlases are well known throughout North America and we bought and used the new "2011 edition" on a long driving tour through different parts of the USA in May 2010. We selected it on recommendation from American friends. Although in theory the atlas looks detailed, comprehensive and well planned, in practice it's not as easy to use as it might have been. One major criticism I have is that instead of using a regular grid system mapping the USA from for example north-west down eventually to the south east with the same universal mile-to-inch scale, the designers have chosen to present the map pages alphabetically by state, all with different mile-to-inch scales. Rhode Island is one inch = four miles, Indiana one inch = 10 miles, California one inch = 18 miles, New Mexico one inch = 28 miles, and on it goes with no obvious logic except maybe to fit each listed state to the page size available. This means for example that if you are driving (as we did) through north-western New Mexico, into south-western Colorado, then into southern Utah and finally down into Arizona, instead of following your route logically from page to page you need to keep moving away from the page featuring the state you're just leaving and hunting for the map of the state you have just entered, then find out where you are, then go through the process again. The map scale in miles-to-the-inch changes with each new state, which is confusing if you're trying to get a regional perspective. Whilst driving through the eastern part of Utah we found the atlas next to useless, as the one page devoted to "Utah/Eastern" contains no fewer than six fragmented small-scale maps plus city maps of Salt Lake City, St George and Logan which makes it almost impossible to see where you are in the Monument Valley area with any kind of wider perspective. On the plus side, the atlas contains good information on each state: population, largest city, land area, highest point, and ranking in size/population. However, this information could easily have been presented in a separate section in the atlas and the country mapped in a more logical and useful way for the traveller. It's also quite large and unwieldy at over 15 " x 10" so not easy to use in a moving car and difficult to carry on foot, as it won't fit in a small rucksack. Many pages are used to display several different smaller maps with different scales, so even this large format is not really needed or used to its full potential. The spring binder is a good feature and ensures the pages won't fall out and turn easily, and can be folded back right over so one page can be viewed at a time. So in summary: accurate, reasonably detailed but not easy to use and could have been planned out better with more consistent scaling.
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