Publication Date:April 26, 2010 Availability:Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Very DisappointedSeptember 1, 2010 H, Clark I've never before written an online review of anything, but I was so disappointed by this road atlas that I thought I really ought to speak up. I was buying it to replace an old Gousha road atlas, which was getting kind of ragged. (Rand McNally bought out Gousha a few years ago and then shut the place down.) I expected the two to be relatively similar in quality, detail, and usability, but they were not. Here are a few of the differences: (1) The Rand McNally atlas has idiotic wastes of space. For example, instead of a legend on each page (as with Gousha), a very useful thing, we have the following: "Best of the Road. This red award ribbon marks a Rand McNally Best of the Road trip route. Our editors have chosen scenic drives peppered with tasty dining, unique shopping, [etc.]" -- and a photograph of a windmill! (2) Gousha used a yellow background to denote built-up areas. Rand McNally uses orange, instead -- making it very difficult to read the text in those areas. (3) I live near Boston, and this is the area that I know best, so I checked out Rand McNally's coverage. Here is what I found: (a) The city-and-town index (inconveniently located at the back of the book, rather than with the state maps, as in the Gousha atlas) understates the population of the town I live in BY A FACTOR OF SIX (they say 800; the correct figure is about 5,000; the population hasn't been 800 since the 1930s). (b) The book devotes only two-thirds as much space to Massachusetts as Gousha did. The enlarged map of the Boston area is less than half the size of Gousha's. (c) Many of the "scenic routes" shown in Massachusetts aren't the slightest bit scenic. (It makes me sad to think that trusting tourists may actually go out of their way and waste valuable time just to ride on these dreary roads.) BOTTOM LINE: I sent the foolish thing back. I'll stick with my old Gousha, which gives me much more information and presents it more clearly. It also, as far as I know, makes no mistakes. (Sure, it may make some. Who knows? But the fact is that I checked the Rand McNally on one town, essentially randomly selected, and it botched it. That's an overall score of 0%. How much confidence does that leave you with?) The only reason I gave it two stars rather than one is that I have no idea how bad the competition is: if you need a road atlas, and I won't let you borrow my old Gousha, for all I know this sorry thing may be the best that you can do.
Improvements with exceptionsAugust 24, 2010 Bob F.(Tampa, Florida) Although I'm pleased that this edition of the atlas attempted to add more unincorporated communities (I have an interest in unincorporated communities), I also noticed that other unincorporated communites that were in previous editions (especially in the Los Angeles and Tampa/St. Petersburg insects) were also omitted, which was disappointing. Other than this issue, the map has changed significantly for the better.
Road AtlasAugust 8, 2010 Ranita 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this atlas as a gift for my father who has a knack for viewing maps. The details provided in this atlas is really amazing. My father can visualize almost all of these countries roadways sitting in yet another totally distant country.
This serves far better than a GPS provided you are used to following maps by yourselves than being guided by a voice. It is real fun.
Fine atlas, updated.July 31, 2010 Bruce Pillman(Rochester, NY USA) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We've used the Rand-McNally Road Atlas for years; our mid-90s edition was out of date. The 2011 edition is exactly what we need - covers all territory where we drive with good detail, yet is a manageable size for in the car. This provides great coverage, with much lower cost and complexity than a GPS unit.
Still the bestJuly 21, 2010 Andrew J. Troy 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A true classic. Always has been through the years. Very informative and easy to use. My Dad and I used it for or cross country trips and now I'm using it for moving my family from California to the deep South.
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