@georgetakei , I remember the first time I got a Thomas Guide. I was confused but nonetheless thought I had hit the big time. Once you figured them out, you could find anything.
@georgetakei in the UK we had an excellent book called the AtoZ, which was a detailed roadmap of the entire UK. I don't think anyone went without one, and they were as common as phone books or the yellow pages
@georgetakei I remember the book of regional maps we used to carry in our cars where you’d have to find the page and then follow the number and letter grid to find your destination and then you’d flip through the pages back to your current location and try and figure out a route between the two pages without them (usually) ever being side by side.