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Re:Paper Map Sales Are Booming by floren on Monday January 23, 2023 @12:42PM (#34492179)
Not just old marine maps -- modern marine charts have the same. They mark radio towers, grain silos, etc. because although GPS is widely-used, the old navigation techniques are still important.
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Re:Paper Map Sales Are Booming by Turing_Machine on Monday January 23, 2023 @06:03PM (#34496360)
I believe the U.S. Naval Academy actually stopped teaching old school celestial navigation for a while, then someone with a bit of common sense realized that there were scenarios (particularly in a war situation) where the GPS constellation might not be available, and started teaching it again.

You can't just pull over at a gas station in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and ask for directions. :-)

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