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Ive experienced similar with some local national parks. They now expect people to rely on digital navigation rather than paper, so only produce maps suitable for driving from landmark to landmark. Though I don't personally enjoy navigation by electronic device, having a hard copy backup is critical and getting harder to have.

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Seems like a fair amount of skill would be needed to actually use a map reliably in a park, especially for hikers. Do people still know how to use them? I think I'd probably get lost .

However much skill it may or may not require pales in comparison to recharging a phone rocks and sticks. Papers maps and a small compass are cheap, light weight insurance.

In theory absolutely, in practice people still might not be using them or learning how to use them effectively. Average hikers seem to not really be experts and most people who aren't avid outdoorsy types aren't learning this stuff for any other reason.

There's a lot of stuff you just don't expect to ever need if you're used to life on the grid.

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