When I was a kid, my dad relied on an over-sized atlas depicting roads, towns, public lands, lakes and streams at the county level. He used this on road-trips, consulting it while exploring to determine if uncertain just which way to go. Signs were important- the signs marking the corners of state game areas. Road signs. County boundary signs. They were a navigational aid. When I got old enough, he gave me my own atlas. By that time however, the internet provided a bevy of informational maps at much smaller scale- letter-size maps showing individual public lands, trail maps, and much more. Updated and more accurate than the old atlas often based on commercial data sources and the 24,000-scale series of USGS topographic quadrangle maps. Today, we can make our own paper maps using online mapping applications, consult a digital map on a cellular-connected smartphone pocket computer or wristband computer, create our own spatial data using high-accuracy GNSS or heads-up digitizing from remotely sensed products, or even contribute to the public world-wide map of OpenStreetMap. There are so many options in this new digital environment to explore and find uses for. It’s wonderful today when we still have our over-sized paper atlas or folded maps available at any outdoors store, but also so many more options to access, create, and share maps. So whether you have a paper map in your pocket, or a mobile remote connection to the world-wide digital map, or a window onto the world from your home computer, I hope you find great experiences exploring and learning more about the world.