Thursday, June 1, 2023

Wisconsin Official Highway Map Now and Then (Madison)

 
1947 map:  University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (The above is a 
scan from Retiring Guy's personal copy)

But with smartphones loaded with GPS and vehicles armed with display screens and a voice that guides every turn, merge and crossing, the need for a folded, paper map would seem to be in its final days. Only that’s not the case. 
The state Department of Transportation has released, for the first time since 2019, its newest state highway map. And while there is a digital version, the state has also printed 310,000 copies and expects to print another 340,000 to meet demand before the next map comes out in 2025.

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