Title: stunning cartography
Product review: The Rough Guide California map is big (unfolds to approx. 39" wide x 27" high), beautifully detailed, and totally waterproof - made of plastic that feels like paper. But there are large portions of the map occupied by completely empty ocean - more than enough unused space to have added some small, basic closeup maps of the larger cities or metro areas - L.A., San Francisco Bay area, and San Diego would be useful.This map divides California into north on one side and south on the other. This, plus the large scale, makes it difficult to 'take in' all of California at once. I would have preferred it to show the entire state on one side, and the index and everything else on the other side, but that's just me. The coverage goes far enough east to Las Vegas. And it shows tons of national and state parks, forests, Indian reservations, state beaches, as well as mountain elevations and coastal water depth. A supremely useful map for general planning of a big Cali road trip.
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