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Title: The Roads of Texas by Texas A&M University, Cartographics Laboratory ISBN: 0-940672-64-2 Publisher: Shearer Publishing Pub. Date: 01 June, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't explore Texas without it
Comment: I found Roads of Texas to be indispensible when planning trips off the main highways. An earlier review criticized this book for not naming all the roads. I did too. But that was the 1995 edition. The 1999 edition does name all the roads. I like to follow any road that looks interesting. Inevitably, it seems, county roads end at a T-intersection with no directional sign so you don't know which way to turn. This was terribly frustrating with the 1995 edition. But with the 1999 edition I know just where I am. No more getting lost.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mandatory carrying for anyone exploring the Lone Star State
Comment: As a long-time storm chaser and native Texan, I have travelled thousands of different miles across Texas roads; and I can attest to this atlas' accuracy and usefulness. Even if using GPS software, please buy this book if you intend to go off the interstates or U.S. highways. The Roads of Texas has all the county and farm roads -- I mean every single one -- and in much greater precision and detail than what is shown on any GPS software display. I have used these maps to find welcome back-roads solitude in the increasingly crowded hobby of storm chasing. Having worn out two copies already (in 11+ years of publication), I will soon be purchasing a third! The atlas format does have its encumberances -- mainly, tiny typefaces on some labelling and the awkwardness of crossing northern or southern page boundaries into a different portion of the atlas. However, these are minor and common problems with *all* road atlases. Some faint topographic contours would be a nice addition, if they can be laid into the background in a way that would not distract from the roads and their labels. However, this is much easier to use overall than DeLorme's atlas, and far perferable to fold-out maps!
Rating: 2
Summary: useless in towns and cities
Comment: The maps are really nicely laid out, but, unless you travel the back roads, it's pretty useless. The maps of towns and cities are totally unusable. Get the Delorme one and accept that you'll have to replace it every few years.
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Title: Texas Atlas and Gazetteer (Texas Atlas & Gazetteer) by Delorme ISBN: 0899333206 Publisher: Rand McNally & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Country Roads of Texas by Eleanor Morris ISBN: 1566261074 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 01 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Texas Off the Beaten Path, 5th: A Guide to Unique Places by June Naylor ISBN: 0762727675 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Backroads of Texas by Ed Syers, Larry D. Hodge, William Edward Syers ISBN: 089123053X Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Roads of New Mexico by Frederick ISBN: 0940672529 Publisher: Shearer Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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