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โJun-20-2015 03:49 PM
wnjj wrote:
Following a GPS without knowing where you are going can land you in places you didn't want to be in. So can using a paper map. This was 8 1/2 years ago here in Oregon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_KimInstead of returning to the exit, they consulted a highway map and picked a secondary route that skirted the Wild Rogue Wilderness, a remote area of southwestern Oregon.
โJun-19-2015 09:16 PM
Instead of returning to the exit, they consulted a highway map and picked a secondary route that skirted the Wild Rogue Wilderness, a remote area of southwestern Oregon.
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โJun-06-2015 07:56 PM
Gdetrailer wrote:I guess you are referring to me since you quoted my post, but I don't see how you arrived at the conclusion from my post that I totally rely on my GPS.
With all due respect, only a fool blindly, totally relies on a GPS.
โJun-06-2015 06:21 PM
AsheGuy wrote:
We have been all over the US & Canada some pre-RV and a lot with our RV. Evolved from Rand McNally maps, DeLorme software on a laptop, GPS, and increasingly with my smart phone. Still carry a Rand McNally atlas, but seldom reference it.
As many have said, common sense is the key. Yes, our GPS (4th generation) occasionally does a dumb route, but the aid of the GPS far outweighs this downside. Also, GPS searching for a destination is not up to par with Google Maps on a smart phone and can be maddening at times. But again, the GPS wins out due to its many benefits. To match a GPS with paper maps, it would be necessary to not only carry a road atlas, but also county/province maps of every county/province in North America.
Those that bad mouth GPS's must not understand how to use them without committing blunders and/or what features they have.
And there has not been much mention of the GPS's main feature. It is impossible to ever get totally lost with a GPS. It always knows where you are even if you don't. Just put in a known destination and it will get you from where you are to where you want to be.
I do think GPS's will lose out soon to smart phones/tablets due to their better user interface for generating a route and their searching capability. I often find my Garmin GPS cannot find a destination due to my not matching exactly how it knows that destination, when my Android smart phone instantly finds it. Only a few obstacles remain like the need to be Internet connected and the while driving interface that is still inferior I think to the GPS.
โJun-06-2015 11:48 AM
sue.t wrote:face_down wrote:
Your phone using Google Maps or Waze is the best GPS out there and not even comparable to a paper maps.
We live where there is NO cellular service. We camp even further from cellular service.
If you plan to visit Yukon or Alaska, don't rely on your phone to work along all the highways, or between communities.
GPS comes in handy if you want to know where you're at and what's ahead. Although the mapping here is out of date, so don't be surprised if the GPS shows you going cross country apparently miles from the highway line on the GPS. Some of the maps haven't been updated since the late 1950s - not enough population to make it worthwhile, I guess.
โJun-06-2015 11:45 AM
john&bet wrote:
I like a few started traveling across country in the age way before GPS's, '67 to be exact. Been doing it ever since. We did 7k miles last year from Indiana thru many states on our way to Montana. Then we had a chance to go to Portland. On the way there we decided on a side trip to Grand Coulee Dam. For our trip back to Great Falls we headed southeast out of Portland and on over to Idaho up to Missoula and on over to Great Falls on MT. 200. From Great Falls it was on to Rapid City then Cheyenne and then I-80 to Lincoln,Ne. From there it was state,Federal roads thru Missouri, Ill. and home to Indiana. Never once did we use the cheap GPS we have to guide us. No wrong roads taken or lost. Guess I saved a lot of money on those expensive GPS that can get you into trouble. Just my experience and others may be different.
โJun-05-2015 04:23 PM
john&bet wrote:
ik have question for you then. How was it I managed, as a solo 20 year old, to get from southern Indiana to San Bernardino,Ca. in '67 with out a GPS? And from there to Charleston,S.C. in Jan. '70? I did it on time and did not get lost or on wrong road either. I still us my method today. I mostly destination travel not to see a lot of sights on the way. Thus an Atlas is much faster planning tool for me. It also tells where to road is going and stops so I can change roads. I also pay close attention to road side signs. Guess I am just a hard nut to crack.
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โJun-05-2015 01:31 PM
fj12ryder wrote:ik have question for you then. How was it I managed, as a solo 20 year old, to get from southern Indiana to San Bernardino,Ca. in '67 with out a GPS? And from there to Charleston,S.C. in Jan. '70? I did it on time and did not get lost or on wrong road either. I still us my method today. I mostly destination travel not to see a lot of sights on the way. Thus an Atlas is much faster planning tool for me. It also tells where to road is going and stops so I can change roads. I also pay close attention to road side signs. Guess I am just a hard nut to crack.
Ah, you just plan in general directions. That could be interesting, as in not my kind of interesting. I like to know that the road I'm on ends up where I want to go.
โJun-03-2015 08:20 PM