• LesserAbe@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    How widespread was this? I grew up in the 80s/90s and pre GPS we just had a map in the car. I’ve never heard of such a hotline until seeing this post.

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      2 months ago

      Yeah, it sounds like the kind of thing you could do but would pay out the butt for as a private service. Road map books and asking directions were my go-to.

      Of course, post-internet but pre-GPS there was always mapquest.

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      2 months ago

      Maybe a call centre operated by map producers, intended more for questions about routes and conditions rather than “take the third left” kind of navigation.