Early personal and in-car navigation - photos

[mklotz]

Does anyone remember the "Triptiks" supplied by the AAA?

I used them when I escaped from the east coast to LA back in 1963 and they worked very well.

You contacted AAA and told them your route start and end points. They supplied a spiral bound booklet of Triptiks showing a vertical map slice with your route running down the slice. Along the side of this map slice were noted hotels, restaurants, and points of interest for this slice. When you reached the bottom of the slice you turned the page and continued on the next Triptik.