Map Quest

I think most people are familiar with online maps that can tell you directions from point A to point B or GPS in cars or even cell phones. These tools made life a lot easier and people no longer have to worry about how to get to places. Most of the major websites such as Google Map, Yahoo Map, MapQuest, etc. provides digital driving directions and many with more and more new features. So is this putting old traditional paper map out of date?

Personally, I think these digital driving direction may be helpful, but they can be a huge pain, too. I have run into problem with digital directions a lot form telling me to go in the opposite direction of a one way street or only telling me directions through major highways like 101 that has a lot of traffic or telling me to change from one highway to another and another. Another problem I found with digital direction is that it wastes a lot of paper. An old traditional paper map can be reused over and over again, but the digital direction you print out is usually only being used once. So I guess without the latest updates and information digital driving direction is just like a paper map to me.