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A Father's Day gift about where the two of you actually went

Dads are hard to buy for and easy to map. Most of what you have with him happened somewhere specific — the river, the ground, the same stretch of motorway every August — and none of it is on a shelf. Pin those places, put the photos with them, and write down what actually happened rather than the tidy version. He opens a private link on his phone, with nothing to install and no account to make, which for this particular present matters more than usual.

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What to put on a map for your dad

The places he took you — the fishing spot, the ground you sat in every weekend, the long drive he still talks about.

The weekend ritual: Wherever he took you every single week, whether or not you enjoyed it at the time. The route, the stall you always stopped at, the same argument you had on the way. Be honest in the note — he'll like that more than the sentiment.
The thing he taught you: Swimming, fishing, how to pick the stall with the longest queue. Write the version where you were difficult about it, because that's the one he'll recognise.
The drive: The school run, the airport, the long way round through town so there was another ten minutes to talk. Journeys are half of what dads and kids actually share.
The years you were difficult: Everyone has a place they argued with their dad about clothes, friends and nothing at all. Pin it and say what it was really about. He knows how those years went; he doesn't know you'd say so.
The life he had before you: His street, his first job, the year you know nothing about. If you don't know, ask him — the asking is a decent Father's Day present on its own.
The thing you've never said: The time he turned up when you couldn't bring yourself to ask, or the advice you only took years later. He almost certainly doesn't know, and it's the pin worth taking your time over.

See one you can actually open

An example map, made for a dad in Singapore — fifteen memories from the Saturday bike rides to the skyline they end up looking at years later. Tap a pin to open the memory behind it; the city-centre pins group into a numbered pin until you zoom in.

Ask him about the ones you don't know.

Start with the places you remember, then get the rest out of him. The map is a good excuse for the conversation.

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