I used to love that too ranger1. But I would also love their maps and charts showing, for example, all the species of whales or the history of US fighter jets. I would love their relevance and their windows on things unknown to me.

Google Earth and Bing are way more fun than the old national geo maps. ant technological items can be found with plans, history and videos for most items on the web. So much of the magazine's usefulness has gone for me.