Why are GPS units so much trouble.

I do find it interesting that many consult paper maps thinking they are superior to a GPS map. If you buy a new Road Atlas every year than you might have updated maps...maybe not. In a previous life I worked for the DOT here in WV and they bought new road maps only when the supply was down to about a 12 month supply. You had to have lead time for gathering the data and getting them printed. Well one of our governors bought about a million maps right before he left office as a parting gift to the opposite party governor coming in office. His picture was on the maps. That was about a 10 year supply. So if you happened to get one of those free maps that data could be as high as 10 years old. I suspect even getting my Garmin maps updated quarterly still does not guarantee up to the minute map data. I suspect even the Road Atlas data could be a couple of years old as well since it requires a substantial lead time to gather the data and get them printed and distributed for sale. Just some food for thought.