highway maps

Interstate navigation charts

Highway maps are printed or digital maps showing roads, distances, and routes for automobile travel across a region.

Before GPS navigation, they were essential for planning trips: We spread the highway map across the hood to figure out where we'd gone wrong.

Gas stations once gave them away free.

Opposites
navigation technology format

highway mapsGPS

Satellite-based location technology

GPS navigation · satellite navigation · Google Maps · Waze · turn-by-turn navigation

geographic scale and scope

highway mapsneighborhood maps

Local area diagrams

campus maps · world maps · globe · topographic maps · property surveys

transportation mode

highway mapsnautical charts

Maps for sea navigation

marine charts · rail maps · subway maps · trail maps · hiking maps

Family

highway, maps

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G