- 1). Determine whether the recipient needs a regional or national road atlas.
- 2). Consider whether the person is a camping nut, loves cross-country road trips or prefers back roads to major freeways. These factors all affect the type of road atlas you purchase.
- 3). Determine whether the recipient would prefer a detailed city map in book form.
- 4). Buy the most durable map. If you buy a good map, chances are it will get used and abused as the years go by.
- 5). Buy the most up-to-date map possible.
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