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Do they still make the paper edition of the Thomas Guide maps?
I keep one in the trunk in case the phone conks out, but there hasn’t been a new edition in almost four years. Rand McNally bought the mapmaker in 1998 and has stopped printing all but two editions of the iconic spiral-bound book: Los Angeles/Orange County and San Diego County. “We update it,” a representative told me, “on an as-needed basis.”
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