In the constant pursuit for FF miles we are taken all over the world, sometimes for business, sometimes leisure, and sometimes for a quick run. While it sounds like everyone has airline route maps permanently etched in their cranium I haven't heard much about land based equivalents. How do you get around? Do you leave it in the hands of local transportation? Neverlost or rental car maps? Download maps to your PDA? Do any of you take maps along or purchase them at the destination? Any map collectors out there? Other interesting methods of navigation?

To start the thread: I tend to collect each and every map I run across. Rental maps, subway maps, airline route maps, and I'll buy maps if I'm in a town for more than a couple of days. I've tried static and dynamic maps on a PDA, but they're not as satisfying as a paper map (batteries never run out). I've tried Neverlost when it came with a rental and was impressed, although I wanted to see the big picture so I could figure out why/what it was doing.

If business takes me to the same town more than a few times I'll usually get a map and start figuring out other options for leisure time (walking, jogging, Sunday drive's). For a vacation trip I never buy a map before arriving because I want to try out the local maps.

What about you?

Bonus question: do you hold the map so North is always up?