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GPS or Maps?
Posted by dialoguewithyou • 8/23/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: bloggers, gps, maps, travel
Are you a GPS fan or still in love with paper maps?
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Do you use the goodness of both?
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GPS, but I keep a map just in case the GPS is wrong -
Still old school. I keep a map still. -
A good paper map, although a GPS would be handy in certain situations. Besides, you can pin maps to the wall as a decoration, but would look weird if you did that to a GPS
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good point
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I was lost a couple of times in Vancouver because of my Garmin GPS
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GPS works just fine but certain stretches are blank in India, so, that can be a problem.-
Did you really use GPS in India? Did it work?
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Maps and map quest. I do not have a GPS .. yet. -
both to be safe, but i think map is faster. -
GPS all the way! i'm so terrible with directions... i was given a Garmin two christmases ago and it's probably one of the most useful gifts i've ever been given! i don't think i've gotten lost once since having it... -
I use both: The GPS is handy cause you can give in your start point as a reference. So in case you get lost (and you forgot your map) you will always be able to return to your starting point. And...you can download great hikes from the internet onto your GPS system.
Nevertheless, we also still use a map, cause you have a better overview of where you are exactly (screen of GPS is rather small so difficult to get an overview if you are zoomed in). Personally I use the GPS tracks later to put them up on our website, so you can have a good look at home where you walked exactly (on Google earth or map).
And then you also have an overview of how far you walked, how quick or slow etc. -
GPS, maps are confuse! ! But I use both of them -
maps!! old fashion way!! -
I use maps. I hate those tiny GPS screens and, after driving around an unfamiliar town with someone whose car GPS wouldn't shut up so that we could have a conversation, I seriously doubt I'll be getting one in my vehicle any time soon. We took a detour to look at something and every few seconds it kept trying to get up "back on course". It drove me crazy! -
I fall back on maps if I have to. I'm usually the guy you see wandering around aimlessly looking for my destination because I heard or read the directions once & think I can get there without either map or GPS. Guess it's in the blood. Remember my father doing the same thing in the past. He'd find Canada while trying to get to Mexico, if ya know what I mean... -
That is right. You should have the usual old map just in case GPS wont work. -
A true traveler still uses a map.
Without a map, you wouldn't experience that map in your face from a sudden passenger window cross-breeze, eliminating your visibility while you're driving down an open Arizona highway. Without a map, you wouldn't experience interesting people coming up to you to offer assistance while you're reviewing a map in a foreign land.
Stick with the map! -
You want to get work done? Get the goddam GPS! -
When we take a trip, hubby drives & I'm the navigator. I don't want some sexy-GPS-girl-voice usurping my position as the Navigatrix.
[With that said, I will begrudgingly admit that we were driving through Pittsburgh about a month ago, following my brother, and his Garmin traffic-sensing GPS routed us around the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, saving us about an hour of expressway parking... ]
So, maybe I can see the use of a GPS... if I could program it to talk to me like Ewan McGregor... Even better, if I missed my turn it could move into Gerard Butler Sparta mode.
... that would be cool. -
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i LOVE my gps, so gps with map as backup. -
I am phone GPS freak en route, but like seeing a map to get a quick sense of direction. -
Actually, forget the GPS and the map. A true traveler uses the stars by night and a compass and a good sense of smell by day. If it was good enough for the vikings...
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Then there must be viking blood in my veins lol! Once at 4 in the morning coming back from the airport my gps seemed to be off kilter due to street construction and proved useless. I was totally lost and the map didn't help because I didn't know where I was to find on the map (some industrial area). I sniffed my way towards a town nearby (it always smells like french fries at a certain time of day) I knew I could find my way home from. ta da!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ha, ha! Great example jafabrit. The nose knows the way...
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I always have a road map in the glove box, but keep the GPS running so I know street names ahead of time. I generally have a good idea where I'm headed, but pull out the road map when the going gets tough.
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