Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:10:53 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Maps vs GPS
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Hi Jim,
Interpreting route directions, like the sample provided, is not difficult
for Mrs Squirrel, although the directions she gets from her women friends
often contain extraneous detail like, "Turn right on 3rd street and after
a while you'll pass a gas station on the left, then a big red house after
that. You'll come to an intersection with stoplights, go straight through
that, then turn left at Concord, which has a Lane Bryant and a 7-11."
"Why not just say `Go north on 3rd for 2 miles, then left on Concord'," I
ask.
"We like to make sure we're going the right way," is her response.
So despite different styles, Mrs Squirrel can follow route information
fine. Reading a map, however, does cause her considerable confusion.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR
On 10/9/2009 5:59 PM Jim Arnott wrote:
> I use GPS to get me from this house to that address. I use dead tree
> maps when I need to get from here to about there. Miss Lisa is a fine
> map reader/navigator. Though she and I differ on how to fold a map.
>
> Mr Squirrel, you need to spend a bit more time teaching your primary
> navigator how to interpret route instructions. Maybe see if there is a
> rally club in Bend. A couple TSD rallies under her belt and you'd never
> complain again. Nor have reason to. (of course, your marriage might well
> not survive....)
>
> Jim
>
> Sample:
>
> 0.00 1. Right out of parking
> 0.32 2. Left at stop.
> 8.91 10. Right at T.
> 9.42 11. Right after "Stop"
> 10.07 12. End odometer check at "35". CAST 37
> 13. Right onto Palm Ave.
> 14. Right after "State Rd 7". CAST 44
> 15. Right after State Rd 7.
> 16. "NW 5th". CAST 32.
> 17. Right onto unpaved.
> 18. Right on 2nd paved road.
> 19. Pause 30 seconds at TCL.
> 21.30 20. Left.
> 21. Pause 1.00 min. at stop.
> 22. Left.
> 23. etc.
>
> <http://www.tropicalsportscarclub.com/standard.htm#E.%20ROUTE%20INSTRUCTIONS>
>
>
>
> On Oct 9, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>
>> Yeah -- what's up with that? Not to paint with too broad a brush, but can
>> women within one standard deviation of the median read a map? None of my
>> three wives has ever known how to read a map.
>
>
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