Thread: 21st Century People....errrrr ....persons

I agree with you. I drive for a living and I bought a GPS, got that fed up with it that it now sits in the drawer at home. Prefer the good old fashioned Street Directory!!!!

I rely on my GPS far too much, which has caught me out in the past. I was driving from Albany (WA) to Margret River (WA) not long after moving to Australia, anyway, it was dark, raining, and I only had quarter of a tank of fuel left. I was stopped on a gravel road, looking at a paddock, that my GPS not only insisted was actually a road, but the road I needed to be driving down.
So, having learned my lesson, on a decent trip out of town I carry my normal road GPS, my Laptop running Ozzy Explorer, and a couple of good, non electricity using, paper maps. I find I use the paper maps for planning the days drive and the GPS for getting a quick location reference. (Also at a pinch paper maps can be cut into gaskets).

Cheers,

Originally Posted by TimNZ

(Also at a pinch paper maps can be cut into gaskets).

Cheers,

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have never had a gps,had to use one when i was working and it was handy.the only benefit of the gps is they can be updated cheaper.mind you i wish i had a gps on sunday rather then a map lol yes i am not letting it go

but not as much but we still get taught how to use a compass and how to follow maps

every map I have ever owned is kept, I several cylinders full of topographical maps and hundreds of local "tourist" maps.
How dare you suggest cutting them up for gaskets......take a couple of old jatz boxes if you need gasket paper..........or your gps packaging could suffice.

In my day navigation was done by the stars and knowing the lay of the land and which way was north. Now it's by GPS and before any new generation tech savy boffins say get up with the times how many people using GPS understand the NavStar program or the difference the correct map datum and co-ordinate system makes, how many people have checked the settings to see if they are running to true or magnetic north? Do people know how to read a grid reference and how does it relate to UTMS? Put up your hand if you know what a resection or triangulation is?

I use my GPS everyday and I am very happy with it, but I am aware of it's limitations. It can pinpoint my position faster than I can do it and possibly with greater accuracy (unless the chinagraph is really sharp) and it also doesn't rip in the wind. Also one point about paper maps how reliable is the information on them and how old is that information? Do we actually read the marginal information

The GPS goes with me everywhere but I will allways take a backup map and compass

and yes some of us do transfer this knowledge onto anyone standing still long enough, it's one of the reasons for being in the SES and Rural Fire Brigade

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

<Snip> How dare you suggest cutting them up for gaskets......take a couple of old jatz boxes if you need gasket paper..........or your gps packaging could suffice.</snip>

I'll use what ever I have at hand if it means it will get me home, (I don't usually carry about old packaging). Perhaps I should have written "in an emergency".

Cheers,