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Texas Atlas & Gazetteer Map – October 1, 2009
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28 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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Textracker
on November 9, 2004
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Not very useful. I am a person who likes to discover the back country by using the "hidden" roads. But for this purpose this atlas is useless.
1. All roads have the same color (red). No color distinction for the importance of the road, meaning you don't know what is a farm road, what is a highway.... O.k. the line may be thicker or thinner but why not use a different color?
2. You can not distinguish between paved roads, gravel roads and dirt roads. All roads are solid red lines. I often like to take the unpaved roads. Just for the fun of it. And sometimes I like to know which ones I should not take when hauling my travel trailer.
3. No indication if it is a private road (closed) or if it is a public road.
4. No numbering of small back country dirt roads. You have almost no chance to map the road sign you just see from your car to a road on the map.
If you need a road atlas from Texas that shows you all the necessary "backcountry" details then go with the "The Roads of Texas" from the Texas A&M University. This is not perfect either but much better than the Gazetteer.
The Gazetteer people should have a look at the Benchmark maps. These guys know how to make maps. Unfortunately they don't have one from Texas.
1. All roads have the same color (red). No color distinction for the importance of the road, meaning you don't know what is a farm road, what is a highway.... O.k. the line may be thicker or thinner but why not use a different color?
2. You can not distinguish between paved roads, gravel roads and dirt roads. All roads are solid red lines. I often like to take the unpaved roads. Just for the fun of it. And sometimes I like to know which ones I should not take when hauling my travel trailer.
3. No indication if it is a private road (closed) or if it is a public road.
4. No numbering of small back country dirt roads. You have almost no chance to map the road sign you just see from your car to a road on the map.
If you need a road atlas from Texas that shows you all the necessary "backcountry" details then go with the "The Roads of Texas" from the Texas A&M University. This is not perfect either but much better than the Gazetteer.
The Gazetteer people should have a look at the Benchmark maps. These guys know how to make maps. Unfortunately they don't have one from Texas.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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Belinda Boulter
on March 10, 2001
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I use the DeLorme Gazetteers extensively for retrieving hang glider pilots who fly cross country and often land in somewhat inaccessible places. We swear by them -- they are truly indispensable for us. Maybe it's because Texas is so big, but the detail in this one is not nearly as good as the others. This makes it hard to distinguish those little dirt roads from each other, my main concern. But my BIG complaint is that the pages started to fall out of the perfect binding (all the other states are saddle stapled) almost as soon as I started to use it. I'm hoping that the next printing will fix this!
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By
Jerry W. Ketcham
on August 21, 2006
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The atlas has good detail with mapping, however the quality of the material or workmanship is very bad. I modrately used the book two weeks and entire pages came out of the book. The paper is breaking at the binding on several pages. I DO NOT recommend this product
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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S. Armstrong
on November 18, 2007
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I've been disappointed with this map. I love the back roads, and find that half the roads I pass aren't even on this map. If they are on shown, oftentimes, they aren't labeled, making it even more difficult to navigate. I'm specifically purchasing the Roads of Texas, published by Texas A&M after viewing it from someone else. That atlas labels all the backroads and seems to have a better lay-out.
Additionally, I've had the Delorme map for two years. The glue is terrible and pages are already falling out.
Additionally, I've had the Delorme map for two years. The glue is terrible and pages are already falling out.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By
In The Garden
on February 11, 2013
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I ordered this because it said it covered back roads etc. It shows some squiggly red lines with no info for all but main roads.
I also would have thought that each county would have it's own page. NO! My county has half on one page shared with parts of two others and you must go 12 pages away to find the other half of the county.
There is no full map of the state either.
There are almost no landmarks on the maps either.
Overall you are better off with a gas station map than with this, DON'T BUY it is a complete waste of money.
I also would have thought that each county would have it's own page. NO! My county has half on one page shared with parts of two others and you must go 12 pages away to find the other half of the county.
There is no full map of the state either.
There are almost no landmarks on the maps either.
Overall you are better off with a gas station map than with this, DON'T BUY it is a complete waste of money.
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12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Brad Hutchinson
on February 24, 2005
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I bought this because I wanted topographic maps for a couple of cities in Texas, from where I live in Katy out to Needville and didn't want to buy each map from USGS. Well as it turns out the only thing this book is good for is big cities such as Houston, Dallas, etc. The claim that everything is inside including backroads, etc is a bunch of balony. Where I live at--Katy Texas shows up in about a 1/4" square in this book and that is it! The topographic information, roads, etc. are shrunk down to the size of this tiny square, you wouldn't be able to tell anything from it even looking in a microscope. This makes the book absolutely worthless in my opinion, because it is the same with every city out from here to Needville with the exception of Sugar Land, which is somewhat detailed. But for the most part the whole section of the state I was looking for is not covered in any manner worth paying for this book, guess i'll have to order from USGS after all. However, if you do want information on larger cities this may be the book for you ie: Houston, Dallas, San Antonio...if you are looking for outskirts though this is not what you want.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Donald R. Smith
on January 24, 2013
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This is the third Texas Gazetteer we have purchased in the past 7 years. The maps are great and show all the roads a regular map doesn't display along with detailed city maps of most of the large cities. The only problem is that the binding does not hold up. We thought by now the publisher would have reenforced the binding but as soon as you open it several times the pages start coming loose from the binding. We would love to see a 3 ring type of binding or spiral binding where you could lay the book flat.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Red Harvest
on February 21, 2006
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This is a very useful atlas if you want a general reference to find your way around on state and county roads across the state. The scale and topography shown are helpful in finding a destination, but there is no way to show enough labels at this level, so while county roads are shown, they are not labelled. Since it covers the whole state it lacks the level of detail required for some areas, particularly densely populated ones that don't have detail maps included. For those you are better off using city maps, or online sources such as USGS topos or web based maps to drill down. (It should also be possible to find more detailed county maps locally.)
There are essentially 3 scales of maps needed: statewide major route maps, statewide maps with county roads, detailed county/city maps. This atlas falls in the middle category, and includes topography.
There are essentially 3 scales of maps needed: statewide major route maps, statewide maps with county roads, detailed county/city maps. This atlas falls in the middle category, and includes topography.
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