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An unfortunate side effect of the ubiquitous availability of (generally terrific) online maps and navigation software is the near extinction of printed city street atlases, which I still find much more useable for a couple of applications.
Like, I just moved to a new city that I know only superficially well. Google maps/earth is great, but doesn’t give me the sense of scale and distance that a good printed map does for just generally getting a sense of where things are.
It’s related to the way e-books are fine for reading something from start to finish, but aren’t (yet?) nearly as well suited for “flipping through” or jumping around in a book.
With maps you also get to play the “find the zoom level that shows you the name of that damn street” game.
