I have good sense of direction and rarely get lost, still on the long trips I like the GPS for the "Are we there yet" feature, mine (wifey's) shows miles to destination, speed etc. If suddenly I come up on "construction next 10 miles" sign I can just hop off the freeway and navigate it same as with a map, not having to stop and buy one at the local gas station.
My trip to Catskills this summer I just had it in the tankbag, no need to plug it in as Her Nuvi has 7 hour battery life. On the way over the mountains when I ran out of gas tuned up I was only a mile form a gas station, I sputtered the rest of the way, glad that I didn't have to push it.
My G1 phone has a GPS and GoogleMaps app but the biggest drawback is that it relies in network connection to download the map of your current location, Murphy's Law says it will not work when you needed most, somewhere in the BumFukLand Middle of Nowhere. Still I use it almost every day looking for new shortcuts.
Pattio just got a new Verizon Droid and I'm surprised he has not commented yet, same operating system as my G1 but it has a "car mode" with voice activated navigation, which simply rocks!
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Directional dyslexia?
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Korpen
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I'm relatively good at reading maps to get places, but once someone gives me directions that are even the slightest vague and I have no map, or when I'm reversing the route I took using a map, I get really really confused. I can drive to a place just fine but once I have to reverse it I sit there turning the map back and forth.
Then again I'm also capable of getting lost in department stores, so altogether I guess I have a terrible sense of direction.
Then again I'm also capable of getting lost in department stores, so altogether I guess I have a terrible sense of direction.
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RIP Craig Houston - forever in my heart
06 Kawasaki Ninja 650R - Feroluce
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SmAsHeRs
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I'm one of those "take me there once" people. I have a great sense of direction (i always know where north is for some reason) & could probably direct the cops to me/ get back home if kidnapped & thrown in the trunk of a car, but I still LOVE my gps, mostly for the "find some business near here" & "how long is it gonna take me to get there?" features. it does make one a bit lazy, and looking at bright moving maps can be distracting. Oh, & it doesn't always like to calculate the detours or deviant routes I take for the hell of it. not sure if I would watch it too much if it was on a bike, but i'd want one in my pocket just in case...
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