reverse maps. are they out there?

[bobski]

ever notice how all maps are drawn and viewed with north on top?
about the closest ive ever seen differently was aaa's driving flip maps, but im just curious if anyone has seen maps made differently. floating driving or flying. either way.
you guys up in canada coming down across the boarder, you know what i mean. you arent looking at us as if we are on the bottom of a map. to you, we are on top as you progress downward.

just curious if anyone has made a reverse map ap' yet. or does gps fix that now?

i thought of this decades ago, just never had the resources to do it. it would have to be 2 parts. the map....and then all the writing and streets/roads etc...turn the map around and print the readable writing overlay over the turned around map.
go for it guys. become rich on my idea.

 

[Pat-inCO]

Found these:
https://support.google.com/maps/thr...on-while-i-am-driving-w-o-navigation-on?hl=en
https://www.geographyrealm.com/map-orientation/
https://www.technipages.com/google-maps-not-auto-rotating
https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/change-the-map-view-iph93c7df449/ios
https://techwiser.com/fix-google-maps-upside-down-issue-android-ios/amp/

I used ... driving map orientation ... as my search argument.

 

[redhawker]

The GPS in my truck will allow you to have the direction the vehicle is moving in at the top of the screen so even if you're moving south the map is oriented so south is at the top. I think most GPS units allow you to do this. Or are you just talking about printed maps?

 

[blume357]

I always have my GPS's oriented the same way... drives my wife crazy.

 

[Mobuck]

I use maps constantly in my work. Many have no direction on the map itself but have a directional arrow in one corner. I find it hilarious to show a guy a map with his house plainly visible and watch him turn the map round and round trying to figure it out.
Last summer I discovered an error that had been made 8-9 years prior by another worker in an area that had very similar landscapes and road layouts. They'd placed the fields on the wrong side of a main highway--guess they were going south rather than north. Apparently no one else had paid any attention and had continued the mistake for the entire period. OOPS

 

[bobski]

paper maps.

 

[gramps]

I navigate best with North at the top! Turning maps all around is crazy IMO. If you navigate best the opposite way, have at it, but leave mine alone! Thank you very much.
gramps

 

[Bob Wright]

Maps are normally oriented to be used with a compass, so north will coincide with the north arrow on the map.

Many men have told me they carry a compass in case they get lost. The compass is intended to keep you from getting lost.

And, my sister was addicted to those AAA Trip Tricks in which you always travelled from bottom to top. Hated those things. Especially those tidbits of information on the side, which she usually read out to us as we drove!

Bob Wright

Bob Wright

 

[Bob Wright]

And, as a side note: I've always been enchanted by maps. When I was a youngster, I made a "model" of a sailing ship. I even made a map table, and made a "map" on a piece pf paper, coloring in areas with blue, brown, and green Crayons. No accuracy, of course, but looked good on the deck of that ship.

The British burned that ship to the waterline later!

Bob Wright

 

[bobski]

gramps. i take it you never did compass nav where topographic landmarks assist in orientation. you know, basic infantry?

 

[Montelores]

This doesn't address the "true north up" issue, but it's interesting nevertheless.

Monty

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/problem-with-our-maps/

 

[Fox Mike]

I was taught, a long long time ago, to orient the map in the direction you were traveling. It has always worked for me. I have no use for GPS. The only time I have ever used one it, by following it's directions, turned me around and had me retracing where I just came from. Threw it under the car seat, dug out a paper map and drove directly to my destination.

 

[GunnyGene]

I use maps constantly in my work. Many have no direction on the map itself but have a directional arrow in one corner. I find it hilarious to show a guy a map with his house plainly visible and watch him turn the map round and round trying to figure it out.
Last summer I discovered an error that had been made 8-9 years prior by another worker in an area that had very similar landscapes and road layouts. They'd placed the fields on the wrong side of a main highway--guess they were going south rather than north. Apparently no one else had paid any attention and had continued the mistake for the entire period. OOPS

This is why the military used to teach that "the map is not the territory." I suspect they don't anymore since GPS and satellite imagery is the go to.

 

[RSIno1]

Many years ago we flew into NJ and then visited a friend in CT. He sent us a detailed map on how the get there. The last direction was to get back turn map upside down.

 

[bobski]

exactly my point.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

I worked for many years as a serviceman driving a van or truck to various locations around the county. I always had a map book to find where I was going. The map book was always located with north at the top. Never had a problem reading the map. Not too many years ago the trucks got a GPS map system (Tom-Tom-Go), which put the vehicle direction at the top. The GPS system was easy to get used to because it always showed where you were. No problems either way although I did like changing the voice on the GPS system. :mrgreen:

 

[bobski]

i cant remember the boxes name in the A7E corsair 'right side dash,' but it was loaded with a map to the target every turnaround. it had a lighted screen and keyboard. youd pop in the lat long and it would zip to the point on the map. cutting edge then, old now but, i remember it oriented automatically, and the pilot use to confirm it with his leg map. it somehow worked with the TACAN system beacons. any of you remember those lighted leg boards?!

 

[Kevin]

I use Google maps. My truck has a big 12” screen. I know it’s not for back country navigation, but most places with paved roads it works just fine. The top of the screen is the direction I’m traveling.