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Date:         Fri, 9 Oct 2009 19:24:29 -0400
Reply-To:     mcneely4@COX.NET
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject:      Re: Maps vs GPS
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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A wonderful person I know, one I admire much, and who supervises 156 persons and handles a budget of several millions of dollars in professional life, always turns a map so that the direction of travel is at the top. When I asked why not just keep N at the top, this person told me that keeping the direction of travel at the top wasn't confusing. So -- going S, put S at the top of the map. Kinda mixes up the E is right, N is up and so on business I learned in first grade from the maps on the wall, but oh well.

David McNeely

On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:46 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. > > That's 100% of the women tested so far, anyway. > > The estimable Mrs Squirrel, who is so much smarter than me in > countless > ways, told me last week that we should save gas when driving south > because > it's downhill . . . because (now get this) when you hold up a map, > south > is at the bottom. > > Can such things be? > > -- > 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 3:24 PM steve@eurocampers.com wrote: > >> Maps rule if you have a copilot that reads maps. My son and I >> travelled throughout Germany with just maps. >> >> I travel now mostly by myself or with my wife as copilot. She is >> nearly useless when it comes to maps, so our TomTom rules! >> >> I always travel with a GPS and a road atlas. >> >> Steve >> SKL Enterprises Inc. >> http://EuroCampers.com >> >> 888-797-5994 - orders >> 636-337-7700 - customer service >>


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