I was an early adopter of GPS, quickly learned it was science, not magic, and that I needed to keep and use a dead tree map to supplement it. Whenever I take a long trip, like from TN to CA last summer, I take a dead tree map with me and use it to decide on the route I’ll take. Works really well along with GPS.
Hard to beat the old dead tree map -if- you know how to read one and know how to navigate. I can tell you from my experience in the Army and with the boy scouts ... most dont have a clue.
“I was an early adopter of GPS, quickly learned it was science, not magic, and that I needed to keep and use a dead tree map to supplement it. Whenever I take a long trip, like from TN to CA last summer, I take a dead tree map with me and use it to decide on the route I’ll take. Works really well along with GPS.”
indeed. i always printout study paper maps on any new route that I’ve never been on before, and use GPS mapping to help remind when when and where to turn ... but i NEVER, EVER trust the GPS mapping end-to-end ...
too many times i’ve had GPS mapping order me to take a turn that I know will lead into wilderness deadends when the opposite (correct) turn will lead me to a major town just a couple of miles away ...
I have crossed the country 3 times with a Garmin GPS on my motorbikes over the last 12-14 years.
All of that on secondary roads, the route was planned online and converted into GPS files uploaded into my device.
Never had an issue that could not be resolved by a reboot.
I am sold...
That said reliance on GPS KILLS your map-reading/using ability.
I have a garmin in my car and have since about 2006(on my 3rd), I also use Waze when I’m going somewhere strange. I tend to lean toward Waze because it’s traffic aware(and police) and when they both agree, I know its right. I still usually print out directions.
I recently drove from Frankfurt to Saarbrucken and I took my trusty 2597lmt with me because I was unsure if Waze would work with my data and all that. Good thing because at some point Deutch telekom cut me off of data on the one day.
Got it up to 133mph on the Autobahn. Woot.