Confabulous, I can not concur that map reading is dead.
When the resolution of the screen is sufficient to show me the same details as my 1/2-million scale map, we may be some way closer to map reading being dead. Indeed, many pilots I know find that the 1/2-million is not detailed enough, and opt for the more detailed 1/4-million scale.
Likewise, when I can read NOTAMs, take a lat/long coordinate of a NOTAM of interest, and plot it on my GPS to ensure that I remain clear of it all day, we might be a little closer. Bear in mind that as an instructor, I do a lot of flying which is not along pre-planned routes, but general handling in and around my local area. In the case of trial lessons, I often don't decide where I'm going until after I get airborne (when the trial lesson happens to mention that they work at XXX, so I suggest that they fly themselves over their place of work, for example), so simply deciding in advance whether my track takes me through the relevant area is not enough.
I can not stick old GPS databases on my wall at home, and use them as a rough guide in the early stages of planning, nor can I open a GPS database out in front of a student to show him how the different layers of airspace are built up on top of each other. And if I take my girlfriend flying and point out where I'm planning on taking her on my GPS, the most I might get would be disinterested "hmm", whereas I can point out somewhere on a map and she will associate it with somewhere nearby that she knows.
I could carry on.....
FFF
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