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There's no need to go back to paper maps if it's just GPS and mobile Internet that are unavailable. Osmand works just fine without them. It's the map application I always wanted, none of that always-online nonsense.
To be more specific, I wonder how many people rely on GPS turn-by-turn navigation, vs being able to read and navigate by a map be it a paper map or electronic map (without 'my location' or other GPS functionality.)
It's not that people just don't have the ability to use paper maps, that can be solved relatively quickly, it's that nowadays we're used to departing for somewhere without looking up the route, it's faster than it used to be; if we have to go back, that's something we'll lose.
GPS is irreplaceable in stuff like modern day aviation and shipping though.
I heard they're teaching the navy to use sextants, just in case.
Isn't that part of officers training in many navies. Why they train on the sail ships and keep one of those old ships around?
I've not had the displeasure of using paper maps in my life, but I can navigate without turn by turn quite easily.