Paper Maps & "The Roads of" Series

[Bryan Stokes]

I currently own The Roads of Texas and the Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado edition of the Delorme Atlas & Gazetteer series. I'm getting ready to stock up on the rest of the Great Plains all the way up to North Dakota in preparation for a week of full-time chasing in May and again in June.

I noticed that the "Roads of" series has expanded to some of the neighboring states and The Roads of Oklahoma was just released with a 2008 version. Has anyone seen a copy of this one? If it's just as good as the Texas version, I may pick up a copy. (I'm a sucker for maps)

Thanks,
Bryan

 

[Robert S. Thompson]

Stick with the old version

I just received the new version. There is a lot less detail about what roads are paved and which are not. This is a big deal to me because I lead a group in 2WD vans and need to stay on paved roads, generally. They also have a lot less contour lines.

There is one beneficial change. Road labels are much larger and easier to read. Of course, you need to find a street sign for that. They also shade in rangeland and show water wells, but these don't really help me.

I don't think it's much different than a DeLorme now, and you have to learn a new symbol convention.

Looking at some other states, I don't get it. I have nice new versions of Texas and Colorado which appear to have the format and details as the old, but the newer Roads Of New Mexico map is similarly useless. I'm going to see if I can track down an old version of that. (I didn't venture into New Mexico last year, so I was unaware).

RST