Originally Posted by
212man
I find that extraordinary- how can you map read without orienting the map in the direction of travel?
Depends partly on the map: sometimes it might be useful to know the names of villages.
My wife and I share driving 2 hours on, two off. She navs "direction of travel up", I use north up. Main satnav use is well zoomed in for minor roads and features on track, thus confirming info on 1/50000. For real car-based hard work/ fun I use a 1/25000 and she drives rather rapidly. Snag is I don't get to see much countryside.