Route Planning Question
Hi All, I'd like to find a better way to plan my driving routes. The maps feature on smart phones like iPhone are optimized for the fastest route. That often isn't a good route when you are in an R...
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ferndaleflyer wrote:
I use an old fashioned road map! First time we went to Pigeon Forge TN my DW insisted on using GPS and ended up on a narrow crooked road with tree limbs rubbing the sides of the DP. I later looked at a map and 1 mile up the road and it was a straight shot in. GPS is sometimes helpful but for an old guy like me the map never fails. I was driving coast to coast before there were any interstates or 4 lane roads let alone GPS or IPhones.
20-30yrs ago at the dawn of automotive GPS routing, this was a real concern.
Back in the modern world, no need to get out a paper map. Your phone will show you alternative routes and if you pan around a little, you will see that straight shot route.
Always makes sense to check the route prior to driving it.
