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Date:         Wed, 7 Nov 2012 21:51:21 -0900
Reply-To:     Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Mark Tuovinen <aksyncronaut@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: map light: now Maps
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
In-Reply-To:  <20121107230349.MPRI2.85355.imail@eastrmwml303>
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Earlier this year a man moving to Alaska got off of the Ferry in Whittier and followed his GPS directions right down the ramp into the boat harbor. He had to be rescued as the car was fully submerged before he knew what had happened, unfortunately his cat did not make it as it was trapped in its carrier. He had driven not more than a couple hundred yards from the Ferry when this happened and while it was between 4 and 5AM this is the Land of the Midnight Sun and it was not really dark though being Whittier it was probably overcast and raining.

I find both maps and GPS to have their benefits and use both though my GPS is only that which is on my iphone and not a stand alone system.

Mark in AK

On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> I have never had a map tell me to drive up a set of stairs like my > friend's GPS did in Berkeley, CA. Really. For those who don't know, in > Berkeley there are named walkways. Some of them are stairs up a hillside. > Whoever loaded the data from Berkeley into the GPS didn't know that. > > I use maps. They are a lot more interesting, and can be consulted by > anyone, any time. But, we've had this discussion on this list before. > There is no "winning" outcome. Some fail to see the intellectual beauty > in using maps. Others fail to see the fun in being told by a machine what > to do without having an understanding of the fundamental lay of the land, > so to speak. Never the twain shall meet. > > mcneely > > ---- Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > > Who uses maps? A lot of us! I've been all over this country with only > a paper map to guide me. How do you think we got from point A to point B > before GPS came along? > > > > Ellen > > Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI camper, > > (who has a US Atlas in the passenger seat pocket, and Oregon & > Washington state maps in the glove box) > > > > ‘Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you > > realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao > Tzu > > > > > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 01:59:16 +0000 > > > From: fonman4277@COMCAST.NET > > > Subject: Re: map light > > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > > > Sorry Folks, I accidentally sent an empty message. What I meant to say > was why all this talk of a map light? GPS!! Who uses maps anymore? Jeff > Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > -- > David McNeely >


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