Heck most people couldn't read a map before GPS. When I went to the primary NCO school in in 77 the first week was what the Army calls Land Navigation (map reading). Most students who washed out academically failed Land Nav (over 50%). That stayed the same through my entire rime in the Army, Land Nav was the biggest single cause for failure at the NCO academy. Every one of those soldiers had passed a much simpler Land Nav in basic training and had attended classes on Land Nav before attending the NCO school.
When I first retired in 96 we had 20-30 people on average pull in our drive asking for directions to a certain lake. Every one of them had a map and directions from a local bait shop and they could not navigate 2.5 miles. From the bait shop it was 2 miles due east and .5 south. We are 1.5 miles due east, house is about .2 south of the highway.
Sense GPS units and GPS on smart phones we haven't had anyone pulling in and asking directions in the last 4-5 years.
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