If I am going somewhere unfamiliar, I do use a map ... but only to make directions that I internalize beforehand. I believe that this mental exercise improves your sense of direction and general orientation.
I don't merely do a "turn here onto Route X," rather I note if I will be passing a particular road on the left, if I will be going through a town, and so on. My turns are always in the "left/east onto," including both my personal orientation and world orientation. It is a little time-consuming but there is an eventual payoff.
I don't merely do a "turn here onto Route X," rather I note if I will be passing a particular road on the left, if I will be going through a town, and so on. My turns are always in the "left/east onto," including both my personal orientation and world orientation. It is a little time-consuming but there is an eventual payoff.