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I've also seen old maps used as envelopes, note pads, and gift wrap....
It is a damn shame to take a valuable thing like a map, and cut it up for scratch paper. Why not turn old maps into a profit center for USOF,
and promote orienteering at the same time?
Properly folded, O maps could be sold from low-cost
vending machines located at visitors' centers, park gas stations, or rest room buildings right on the map itself. A sticker or copy of the map in park display cases would direct folks to the machines.
Priced at $5, $10, $12, $20 and paid by credit card, the sales appeal would be to provide hikers, bikers, bird-watchers and trail runners instant gratification. After all, there's really no competition; most free park service maps are almost unusable aren't they? And these people don't really care if the map is a couple years' old, do they?
The machines would have the word "orienteering" in large colorful graphics. And the back of the maps would be printed with USOF publicity, aimed at getting the user to the next level: sending Glen a check for membership and more orienteering info.