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Date:   Sun, 11 Oct 2009 09:54:47 -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
Comments:   To: Maggie Dew <wildebus@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:   <4387de760910110534w50424b07ve9bc6df236ac0a73@mail.gmail.com>
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Yeahbut, I /did/ qualify my statement as a. hoping not to paint with too broad a brush, and b. said that I talking about my experience only with women and maps, wondering whether this was true for those women within one standard deviation of the median. This leaves a lot of room outside the SD range for men who can't read a freakin' map to save their lives (such men become accountants or lawyers, I suspect) and women who can read maps (such women become scientists or engineers, I suspect).

-- 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 10/11/2009 5:34 AM Maggie Dew wrote:

> Despite Mr. Squirrel's observation about women and maps (and I am > going to have to have a talk with R.J.), I dearly love maps and have > quite a collection of them. My jobs always seem to require finding > remote places - whether I'm doing archaeology or working as an on-call > nurse in the middle of the night. I find maps and GPS to be > complementary but I don't rely solely on just one of those > technologies. I have two GPS units - a Garmin handheld and a Garmin > unit with a map display that rides in the car. They don't always do > the job in rural areas, and a map isn't always totally accurate > either. When doing the nursing job, I rely on whoever did the > original recording to give good directions. That is often very > frustrating when trying to locate a home in the middle of the night. > Information such as "turn left at the red mailbox" or "turn in 1.6 > miles" are helpful. Both kinds of data are useful. Not useful (and > I'm not making this up) are directions that say "black jeep in the > driveway." So, was it up on blocks???!!!! No, it actually belonged > to a visitor who was only there on the day of the original visit. If > you are giving directions, be specific and throw in whatever landmarks > that might be helpfpul. Also consider that not all odometers are > exactly accurate - or even working! > > Maggie >


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