I never use GPS. Give me a map any day.
when I drove a cab, GPS was a lifeline.
When I got lost going to my sisters in NJ, i just talked into my phone, said the address, and the voice directed me there perfectly.
can’t see how a map can beat it.
You would be shocked if you knew how many people today cannot read a simple map. Unbelievable.
BUT this person did die, so obviously a map can beat a GPS in instances.
and its battery wont die :)
I was camping out in the middle of the California desert with some friends and this group comes along lost as can be. They had been going the wrong way on a dirt road that eventually petered out. They were using a GPS.
We got the map out and showed them the right road and pointed to a range of mountains that was in the direction they wanted to go for further insurance. Hopefully they made it out okay as I did not here of any news.
We did find a dead body on one trip. The guys car got stuck in the sand and he started walking in the absolute wrong direction to find the nearest road.
I never use GPS. Give me a map any day.
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You and me both! Reading a map you get a picture in your head and directions, north, east, south, and west. i don’t like GPS. Have used it a few times in Europe. Often tries to send you down the wrong road or tells you to exit the round point at the wrong exit. Only usefulness i can see is in a large city where it is difficult to see street names while driving.
I doubt if anybody under 30 can read a paper map. I held out until about four years ago when I got my first iPhone 4s. But you don’t have to get far out of urban areas for it to become useless.
I download GaiaGPS maps in advance so I don’t need a cellular data connection. But I still have paper maps,in the glove box.
Pre-trip planning is the real clue to gettin' 'er done....
Most people wouldn’t be able to use a map either. The thing with a GPS is, as the ranger said, many people don’t know how to use it and probably this woman wasn’t even asking for the right destination and couldn’t figure out how to follow the voice guidance. Some people, further,ore, have no sense of direction.
I’ve used it in desert areas in New Mexico, but I had a good idea of where i was going and I would certainly never have strayed from the main roads. (Unless I could literally see my destination, usually a park headquarters, down that dirt road!)
On a trip to Ireland several years ago, the wife and I strictly used maps to get around. We did great.
But we ran into a group of other Americans at a b and b who had no maps...they relied on GPS. They had to reset their GPS after it led them down goat paths, muddy dirt roads, and almost into a few rivers and lakes.
GPS is many times a good aid, but it's hardly perfect. We have it, but many times ignore it when it wants to take us down a weird route.
I have a gps in both cars but before I go somewhere I’ve never been before I look at a map. I don’t like surprises. lol