[...] > So I've never seen the difficulty in reading a map. My car > is fully stocked and when I plan to go somewhere I don't > have a map for, I get one beforehand or get one first thing > when I arrive there. I simply don't travel without a map. > Directions people give me are too imprecise and even when > they give me directions I look up their directions on a map. > > I have had great difficulty seeing why I need a GPS in my > car. (Money is better spent on other things, like cameras and stuff.)
When you get off the road and out into the countryside following a map is a lot more difficult. The main difficulty is figuring out where you are if you do go astray. For example, I always get lost if I'm trying to navigate through woods. When I emerge on the other side it's difficult to figure out where I am unless there are some really obvious reference points that are unambiguous on the map. That's what a GPS brings to it - click a button and you know where you are to within a few meters, and can use the map for the rest. A handlebar-mounted GPS is also good for cycling if you're following a route you've planned into the device - you don't have to stop so often to check the map. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
