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Useless unless you want downtown only - Rated
As I am visiting Vancouver on holiday, I decided to buy this 'streetmap'. Unfortunately it only shows a very small part of the city, and only the downtown area is shown in any detail. I do not know what the scale is, as the only scale I can find is for Stanly Park. It has two popout maps, each an unusually folded sheet of paper. If you do not flatten a map it folds back relatively easily, however, if you flatten the map, it requires a black belt in origami to get it to fold.
If you are walking in the downtown area, it might be better than nothing but is totally useless as a navigational aide.

It's a no-brainer ... - Rated
What would you rather do: (a) waste more money on a large, cumbersome map of Vancouver, showing suburbs you'll never visit whilst not covering Downtown and the park in sufficient detail, that will never leave your rucksack; (b) spend less on this handy, easy-to-use and well-edited mini-collection of pertinent maps and information that will be used over and over?

We chose correctly. The flower-fold system works really well provided (like all maps) you don't lend it to someone with the dexterity of a rhino wearing cricket gloves (we all know one of those). The choices of scale are spot-on. I used it to drive and park Downtown, as well as for shopping and tourism. The detailed map of Stanley Park is a nice touch and surprisingly useful, especially when arranging to meet relatives.

A M A Z I N G B O O K / M A P - Rated
This small foldout map as fantastic, if you are travelling light then this is a must! will pack easily into a full rucksack and is very easy to read with all the information you need