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Post by puffy on Apr 26, 2017 11:58:53 GMT -5
Yesterday I had to go a town I had never been to before.It was about a 90 minute drive each way.I had no idea how to find where I wanted to go other than to look at maps.A friend who volunteered to go with me hooked up GPS. The lady in the box got us there and back.We didn't even get lost one time..I don't know your feelings on GPS.I know it can be used to track people,but it sure helped me yesterday.
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Post by stvalentine on Apr 26, 2017 12:04:28 GMT -5
I am right now in a part of Germany on holidays where I have never been before. There are many narrow and winding roads and I would have got lost all the time. I think that these GPS units are a blessing and a part of the future I was always longing for.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 14:24:13 GMT -5
 I use to drive all over the state of Arizona transporting people to and from their Doctors appointments. If it wasn't for my GPS I would have been late then they would have been late. Also some of the places were very hard to find on maps. This was also true with streets in a lot of the small towns out here. |
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Apr 26, 2017 14:24:35 GMT -5
...I only use mine when I'm heading to a place I'm unfamiliar with...or when I need to find alternative routes during peak travel or road/accident issues...
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Post by papipeguy on Apr 26, 2017 14:32:48 GMT -5
I'd be lost without mine. Literally. (Guess someone had to say it)
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Post by craigmillar on Apr 26, 2017 14:38:14 GMT -5
I think they are great.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 18:42:59 GMT -5
I am a rockhound and the ability to locate my position on the map and even in GoogleEarth while driving very remote desert roads, is truly magic. We can find our way around very difficult terrain so much faster now. Many sites we have been to would have been impossible to reach before.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 21:33:03 GMT -5
I drove a truck most of my life and NEVER needed a GPS, that's what they make maps for. Yep! You're all gonna hate what I have to say now. Yes, they can track you by your GPS and cellphone and I have neither and no, I don't wear a tin foil hat but, the way things are getting if it did any good I would. They come in stylish designs now I hear. Where I go, who I talk to and where I've been is my business, no one else's. And yes, I know they tap landlines even easier, reckon that's why I don't use a phone to much.I found two tracking devices on my P/U and had both of'em yanked. Told the dealership and they had basically nothing to say. And I've heard several instances where people didn't know to do a update on their GPS and kept getting wrong directions, one even got lost in the desert and almost died because of one. Ain't nothing like the smell of a new map book.  And that's my opinion on GPS's. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Apr 26, 2017 23:03:29 GMT -5
I drove a truck most of my life and NEVER needed a GPS, that's what they make maps for. Yep! You're all gonna hate what I have to say now. Yes, they can track you by your GPS and cellphone and I have neither and no, I don't wear a tin foil hat but, the way things are getting if it did any good I would. They come in stylish designs now I hear. Where I go, who I talk to and where I've been is my business, no one else's. And yes, I know they tap landlines even easier, reckon that's why I don't use a phone to much.I found two tracking devices on my P/U and had both of'em yanked. Told the dealership and they had basically nothing to say. And I've heard several instances where people didn't know to do a update on their GPS and kept getting wrong directions, one even got lost in the desert and almost died because of one. Ain't nothing like the smell of a new map book. And that's my opinion on GPS's.
we carry topo maps in our car whenever we go somewhere unfamiliar.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 0:52:02 GMT -5
I can orienteer just fine with map and compass, and prefer it for hiking and backpacking. I find that I use a combination of map skills and GPS for certain kinds of navigation. Talking navaids are useful, not infallible. Paper maps can be the same way. I sometimes need more detail and resolution for large chunks of terrain when rockhounding. I used to buy or later print a bunch of topos for as much of the area I was going to as I could, or have a gazateer handy. It can get cumbersome. Now, I mostly have that data on my phone, realtime and stored as static files. I still have maps in the vehicle and a compass in my personal gear though, and I can find my way without the compass if it came down to it. I believe that it all comes down to learning how to use as many navigation skills as possible. Don't rely on just one technology or skill set. Each has it's place and I find them complementary to each other.
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Post by simnettpratt on Apr 27, 2017 2:33:59 GMT -5
The technology behind GPS' is awesome, with the space shuttles ferrying all the little tracking satellites to space, and if it wasn't used for mass surveillance I'd have nothing bad to say about it. Many youngsters are being made too dependent on technology though, with the kid unable to add without the calculator on his phone, or able to tap out a 140 character text in seconds, but not able to write in cursive. I'd like to send them all to live on a farm with no electricity for a month, chopping wood and milking the cows on Christmas morning. I'm not against technology, I'm a tech deeply in love with it, but I think a balance with knowing how to sharpen a damn knife is important. The ease of technology can rob you of your independence.
This was supposedly a real exchange on Tweety or something:
A: So what did people do before Google Maps?
T: They used maps
A: No, I said before Google Maps
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Post by papipeguy on Apr 27, 2017 6:30:07 GMT -5
When I had a sales territory in the early 1980's all I had where Hagstrom Maps. I probably had 20 of them in the car. It was always an adventure when I'd get close to a place and a bridge would be closed. Just sitting there looking at the place on the other side of the river and trying to figure out Plan B. No cell phones in those days either.
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Post by Lady Margaret on Apr 27, 2017 6:34:23 GMT -5
unfortunately in (at least National Guard) they are no longer teaching Land Nav by map and compass (sure they have a class where they say, This is a map, this is a compass) they are relying on GPS. And the other day, rainy and overcast, the wireless unit they use to check ID cards at the guard gate didn't want to send and receive signal. But they won't have any problems with GPS in a combat situation. Ugh. Hubby is making it a point to teach his guys land nav, and hubby is an expert with map and compass  |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Apr 27, 2017 8:04:10 GMT -5
RD I totally agree, when I was Hot Shooting for a Oil Service Company, had to go to remote land rigs, maps and common sense were the rule.
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Post by trailboss on Apr 27, 2017 13:48:30 GMT -5
unfortunately in (at least National Guard) they are no longer teaching Land Nav by map and compass (sure they have a class where they say, This is a map, this is a compass) they are relying on GPS. And the other day, rainy and overcast, the wireless unit they use to check ID cards at the guard gate didn't want to send and receive signal. But they won't have any problems with GPS in a combat situation. Ugh. Hubby is making it a point to teach his guys land nav, and hubby is an expert with map and compass That is great to hear that your husband has taken the initiative....leadership in action. |
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Post by Lady Margaret on Apr 27, 2017 15:29:22 GMT -5
unfortunately in (at least National Guard) they are no longer teaching Land Nav by map and compass (sure they have a class where they say, This is a map, this is a compass) they are relying on GPS. And the other day, rainy and overcast, the wireless unit they use to check ID cards at the guard gate didn't want to send and receive signal. But they won't have any problems with GPS in a combat situation. Ugh. Hubby is making it a point to teach his guys land nav, and hubby is an expert with map and compass That is great to hear that your husband has taken the initiative....leadership in action.
thank you! hubby is old school and takes his responsibilities seriously. he spoke to his master sergeant about putting some training on the schedule and the guy told him not to bother, they'd get it at annual training or when they deploy and hubby was not happy about that, so he slips it in when there is some down time. ever since he started doing training with his guys they have improved on their PT scores and are now showing up on time (truancy was pretty bad at the unit before this) and now they have given him a few more soldiers to work with.... It's amazing how their attitude changes and how they look forward to coming to drill when they have something interesting to look forward to.
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