Depending on your age, getting from point A to point B might have involved paper maps — what we called an “atlas,” the giant book that lived in the pocket behind the passenger seat of the car.
As maps went digital, you might have relied on MapQuest to help plot the fastest route to your destination. Ironically, Homebrew’s Hunter Walker tweeted last week that there are some people who remember printing off pages from MapQuest and “those who have no idea what I’m talking about.”
Whichever one of those camps you fall into, Proxi wants to give you all the feels when it comes to map-making for 2022. The Seattle-based startup is developing geospatial software aimed at taking on the likes of Google Maps and Yelp by enabling users to create personal navigation maps.
the true battle of the generations is people who remember printing off Mapquest directions before driving somewhere & a backseat full of discarded pages
and those who have no idea what i’m talking about
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