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You want to know were you are going. It also helps if petrol stations are marked, and you don't need city maps. Try and find a map that you don't have to open out to one large sheet of paper every time you want to use it; you will be using it often. Book-style maps are best.
=== Local Maps === Remember that petrol stations often have maps for sale, including very local ones. If you need to find out the geography of the local area, simply walk into the shop, pick up a local map, study it, get the information you need, then put it back and walk out. Many service stations also have large maps on walls or notice boards. Other local maps can often be found on public transportation stations and on the backside of free-standing advertisements in bigger cities. You can just take a picture of them with a digital camera or smartphone if you need to look something up later; check if the picture is sharp enough.
== Paper maps and Atlas ==
* [http://www.mapsworldwide.com/sku_33423.htm Collins Road Atlas: Europe 200] (1 : 1 000 000) is nice and has most petrol stations, even though it is a bit large (A3).
* The ''Berlitz Europe'' atlas includes petrol stations and has a ratio of 1:800 000, though many important cities are in the crease of the book and are difficult to read (e.g., Paris, Berlin, etc.).
* A good map iI've found (it has petrol/service stations marked and it's really small and handy! just a little bit bigger than a lonely planet guide) is the 1:1.250.000 Atlante Stradale Europa edited by Istituto Geografico De Agostini (ISBN 88-511-0968-0), it's sold in italian book shops but can be found on amazon as well.
* For Western, Northern and Southern Europe: ''one specific edition'' of the Marco Polo car map of [[Europe]] is great, it doesn't contain too much useless stuff like indices or city maps, and shows petrol stations on highways! Unfortunately [[User:guaka|guaka]]<small><sup>[http://guaka.org site], [[User talk:guaka|wikitalk]]</sup></small> only found this one in [[Slovakia]]. This map could also be found in [[Germany]], [[Czech Republic]] and [[Poland]] - [[User:Tmoon|Tom]] has a copy of both Czech and Polish editions (both editions exactly the same but with different front cover), and he bought these in 2006. They are still the best hitchhiking maps he's seen - hopefully the more modern editions are still as good. The cost was around 10 euro.
* ''Philip's compact atlas Europe'' shows service stations in some countries, is pretty compact and was available for 7 euro at the New English Book Store in [[Amsterdam]], in June 2008.
* ''Falk Europa Transportatlas'' (2006, ISBN 9789028723115 - [http://s21.postimg.org/etj7n8yqd/falktransport.jpg sample]), European countries at 1 : 800 000 in an A4 ring binder. Features service stations. Legend in all European languages and traffic glossary in Europe's main languages. Be advised the atlas weighs significantly more than average: 1,5 kg. You could save about 300 gr if you remove the NL pages Landendocumentatie.
=== Europe country map series ===
'''Recommended'''
* The ''Falk Länderkarte'' series (in German, but can be understood by everyone) is brilliant for individual European countries, with a useful, clever and compact fold-out page system. It is easy to find but only inside of [[Germany]] and neighbouring countries. The ''Falk Reiseatlas Europa 1 : 800 000 / 1: 4 500 000'' (ISBN 978-3-8279-0434-8) covers the whole Europe for a low price and includes the petrol stationsindicated on seperate sides of the road.[http://shop.falk.de/falk/atlanten/europa-1800-000-falk-reiseatlas-deutschland_pid_812_17460.html Falk.de shop]
* The [http://www.anwb.nl/azf/zoek.html?azfid=contact Dutch ANWB] has quite good European country maps for free (for its members, just ask in the shop some people at the cashpoint if they can take it for you), they also include the motorways to the country from and to the Netherlands.
* The maps by ''Marco Polo'' are excellent for Europe. The 1:800,000 ratio version is the best (the name of this map changes in different countries). It is printed in [[Germany]] but is available across the continent. Pay attention, the 1:2.000.000 version (ISBN 978-3-8297-3704-3) has no petrol/service stations marked!<br />There is an italian version of this map edit by Studio F.M.B Bologna and the 1:2.000.000 version has the same problem (ISBN 978-88-7775-232-1).
* ''Michelin'' Individual Country maps are not the best to use, they do not list the service areas and lots of useful information are absent, the scale ratio is often not good enough.
=== Europe: particular countries === ==== Belgium ==== '''Recommended'''* ''Blay Foldex: France , Atlas routier & touristique 2012'': also includes Belgium and Luxemburg, see France. '''Not recommended'''* ''Michelin Belgique, Luxembourg 2011'': No fuel stations shown. Scale 1:350 000, ISBN 978-2-06-715604-3, paid 7,50 Euro. ==== France ====
'''Recommended'''
* ''Grands Itinéraire'' by Michelin. 1:1,000,000, but featuring all the ''autoroutes'', service areas and [[Péage]]s plus lots of other roads. You should be able to buy it in most service areas for about EUR 5.50 (July 2009)
* ''Blay Foldex: France, Atlas routier & touristique 2012'' (ISBN 978-2-309-02015-6): France, Belgium and Luxemburg in scale 1:250 000. Fuel stations at the highway are shown including the names. Red cover, format A4, bought at a French fuel station for 9.50 Euro. There is a QR code on the back of this you can scan with Android Smartphone or iDevices to get city maps. if you just want the city maps just scan the code off the atlas in the store.
==== Germany ====
'''Recommended'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Publisher !! Name !! Scale !! Type !! Price !! City maps !! ISBN !!Comment
|- valign="top"
| ADAC || ReiseAtlas Deutschland Europa 2011/2012 || {{nowrap|1:200 000}} || book || {{nowrap|9.95 Euro}} || yes || {{nowrap|978-3-8264-2209-6}} || Europe 1:4 500 000, city maps 1:20 000, lists all the German service stations on the highways. The Europe part is only useful for emergencies, it doesn't have any fuel stations. There might be other versions of this atlas without the names of fuel stations, check before.
|- valign = "top"
| ARAL || Straßen-Atlas Deutschland & Europa 2012 || 1:400 000 || book || 8.95 Euro || yes || {{Nowrap|978-3897643437}} || Also contains maps for Austria, Switzerland 1:500 000, Belgium, Luxemburg and Netherlands 1:400 000. City maps 1:100 000, Europe map 1:4 000 000
|- valign = "top"
| Europcar || Europecar Deutschlandkarte || 1:1 000 000 || folding || free || no || - || If you ask nicely, you can get it free of charge in any Europacar shop in Germany. All service stations are listed.
|- valign = "top
| Michelin || {{nowrap|Regional Deutschland}} || 1:300 000 || folding || 7.50 Euro || yes || - || Various regional maps. Six orange maps with numbers 541 - 546, price is for one.
|- valign="top"
| Tank&Rast || Rasthof restaurants booklet || - || folding || {{nowrap|0.00 Euro}} || no || - || Map of most of the country's Rasthof and the information about every one of them. Does only contain the ones belonging to the Tank&Rast corporation.
|- valign="top"
| Insight Guides || Travel Map Germany || 1:500 000 || folding || {{nowrap|6.99 Euro}} || no || {{Nowrap|978-1780054780}} || Contains all service stations and rest areas, also some neighbouring cities (Zurich, Plsen, Strasbourg)
|}
==== Luxemburg ====
'''Recommended'''
* ''Blay Foldex: France, Atlas routier & touristique 2012'': also includes Belgium and Luxemburg, see France.
'''Not recommended'''
* ''Michelin Belgique, Luxembourg 2011'': No fuel stations shown. Scale 1:350 000, ISBN 978-2-06-715604-3, paid 7,50 Euro.
=== Germany = Netherlands ====
'''Recommended'''
* ''ADAC ReiseAtlas Deutschland EuropaFalk Nederland Autokaart'' (ISBN 978-3-8264-2209-6 for 2011/2012) offers the : scale 1:200 300 000 for Germany and 1:4 500 000 for Europe and some city maps in 1:20 000 as well as a list of distances between major cities. It is printed in A4. The part for Germany is detailed and , lists all the fuel service stations on the highwayswith name, good detail. The Europe part is only useful for emergenciesPaid 4, it doesn't have any fuel stations. Cost is 9.95 Euro. There might be other versions of this atlas without the names of fuel stations, check before.* You can get a booklet for free at the Rasthof restaurants which provide a map of all the country's Rasthof and the information about Netherlands tourist service (marked with VVV in every one of themmajor city).
==== Scandinavia ====
'''Recommended'''
* In Scandinavia (especially Finland) - check for free "roads under construction" maps from gas stations. They cover the ''Esso'' whole country maps are great, and free from any Esso petrol station in [[Finland]].
==== UK and Ireland ====
'''Recommended'''
* For the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]] AA maps are good but can get a bit too large.
=== Asia ===
For [[South America]] you can use [http://www.br.map24.com/ map24].
For [[Germany]] you can use [http://www.rast.de/standorte/servicenetz/index.php Tank & Rast] to find the petrol stations.
== Offline maps ==
[https://maps.me/download/ MAPS.me] is an Android and iOS application who allows you to download maps in advance and use them offline. It includes some navigation functionalities who also work offline.
''important:'' Distances will be only shown correctlyif you use the "route" function. Otherewise distances will be linear distance. Note that you have to opt in for "download map+routing".
There are a few ways to use [http://hitchwiki.org/en/Hitchwiki:While_offline Hitchwiki maps and spots offline].
== Mobile phones ==
