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Old September 25th 19, 01:32 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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"John Williamson" wrote in message
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On 12/09/2019 17:29, Roland Perry wrote:

My recollection is that there were a surprisingly large number of them,
indeed you might even be able to get a custom one. I wonder what process
they used to produce them?


The ones I remember are the ones we used to order before going on holiday
in a new area.

Send them the required start and finish points, and you got a booklet of
strip maps, sort of like the ones that Autoroute could be told to print
out in its early days. They had written directions on them as well.

I think they were produced by using a standard set of route segments,
assembled by hand.

Checks Blimey,they still offer the service,but it's on line now.

Nowadays, you can print the text route (Including the signs to follow at
major junctions) yourself with an option to print a map of any confusing
sections.


Google Maps anyone?

No doubt other mapping services available

tim