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Date:         Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:34:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Maggie Dew <wildebus@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Maggie Dew <wildebus@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      maps vs GPS
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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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