folding map

Creased travel guide

A folding map is a map printed on a single sheet and creased into panels so it can be compactly stored and progressively unfolded.

Road maps and hiking maps are typically folding maps.

The format allows large areas to be shown at useful scale while fitting in a glove compartment or pocket: She wrestled with the folding map, trying to find their exit.

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travel · directions · cartography · highway · route · gas station · rest stop · glove compartment · old school · worn · tourist · journey · landmark · legend · scale · terrain · compass · destination

Categories
Opposites
navigation technology

folding mapGPS

Satellite-based location technology

GPS navigation · satellite navigation · digital map · Google Maps · Waze

physical format

folding mapwall map

Mounted geographic display

globe · atlas · digital display

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G