Why?

[SJKSJK 225]

Why would anyone use a third party map in this game like Dayzdb, etc.?

Don't cheat yourself. Learn to like being lost.

[applejaxc 2500]

I haven't left Chernogorsk since I got there. I'm having a ball. :)

[creature 1189]

I haven't even been to the new stuff around cherno. Old habits die hard but did help me find new exciting stuff on the way to Zeleno.

[Pvt Dolin 137]

I'd imagine that half the playerbase on SA that came from the mod should at least know 80% of the original area by now from experience.
But y'know.. there's always that other cheap half that nee​ds 24/7 guidance and knowledge of location..
Oh well, no one said you had to play the game strictly for what it is.

[Guest]

To be honest I imagine it can be quite scary, perhaps even a quick look to get bearing isn't a bad thing, it is very easy to end up running around in circles :P

[h3retic 224]

...because people are smart enough.

[kevsta545 451]

Some people are lazy, nothing really else to add to it.

[overdosed (DayZ) 77]

Because when I spawned(totally new to dayz, zero map knowledge) I ended up making a full circle and got back to where I spawned wasting like an hour, because there arent enough street signs to help navigate without a map and because for some reason you have to collect map pieces to get the full map and they are rare as hell. Only managed to find one for a full day of playing with the same character after visiting 4 villages, 2 cities, 2 military camps and the airfield. And the piece that i found pretty much described the area that ive already gone through in my first hour while making that full circle. If you want realism you should be able to find a shit ton of maps at every gas station and store and atleast one map at every second house.

[rooniedoo 68]

Because, I have shit navigation skills  IRL and in game.

[Pandema 352]

I'll be honest. I've used it to translate names from sign posts to get an idea where I am.

 

Still managed to get lost trying to get from Vybor to the NWAF. Ended up in Starry...

[Horatio 22]

Well personally not using anything but ingame(I play for immersion) make the game last way longer :) I'll always grow tired of any game at any rate, but not using the map I think you might be able to get more "entertaining" hours out of the game :) Learning how to navigate is part of learning how to survive, it's almost as important as any othher survival skill :) (Navigation that is)