Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:33:45 -0400
Reply-To: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Chris S <szpejankowski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Heads Up Warning on Garmin GPS Map Update
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I use these things to travel navigation: road atlas, DeLorme topo
maps in paper for, my Blackberry with GPS and Google maps installed,
my ultra keen sense of direction, local advice and u-turns. Road Atlas
is for generic directions. DeLorme topo maps give me an excruciating
amount of detail outside of the city. Google maps is great for
searching for the next interstate exit with Starbucks and civilized
population. My ultra-keen sense of direction is really a joke ;-),
and relies and on u-turns and local advice just in case the first
methods fail.
The Blackberry has proven an excellent tool, but it is dangerous to
use while driving. In times of need I hand it to my daughter or son
to giude the way. Then I u-turn, which I'm really, really good at
doing. Hey, sometimes it's fun getting "lost". I've discovered some
neat places like that.
On 4/24/09, azsun99 <azsun99@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hear! Hear! and there, be dragons, and over there, terra incognito!
> I don't need no stinking GPS!
> Turn off the stereo, loose the cell phone, take the road less traveled, stop
> and smell
> the roses!
> Luddites unite!
> me in AZ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski" <kpcnsk@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 8:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Heads Up Warning on Garmin GPS Map Update
>
>
>> Thanks for the info, Loren. I think it's good to know the limitations
>> of the tools we use. I'm also in less of a hurry to update the map on
>> my Garmin Nuvi 350 (which both the wife and I love, btw).
>>
>> If I do update, however, I don't think I'd be terribly upset. For one,
>> I find the GPS most handy when navigating strange cities, where
>> streets don't always take you in the direction you really want to go.
>> I rely on it far less on the back roads. More than that, however, I
>> don't rely solely upon my GPS. It is but one tool in my navigational
>> toolbox. That's why you'll still find me toting around paper maps and
>> gazetteers when I take any journey. I marvel at the technology, but I
>> grew up with maps, and for some things, they just can't be beat.
>>
>> Personally, I actually like it when I find things NOT on the GPS.
>> There be dragons, it is said, and I enjoy the discovery. And
>> truthfully, if your favorite swimming hole is no longer on the grid,
>> I'd consider that a good thing. The roads are crowded enough as it is.
>>
>> Jarrett
>> '89 Westy, Oly
>>
>
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