Roll charts are very similar to this and still get used today for some motorcycle rallies.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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I've seen that before and it's just charming, but it doesn't seem all that useful. More of a novelty. The effort it would take would be more than the effort of just using a regular map.
Seems like it would be easier to just hang on to the tiny maps without the watch.
Yeah where’s the ‘zoom out’
"I keep sliding my finger and thumb apart and it does nothing except once I ripped the paper!"