On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 22:20 +0100, Tamas Rudnai wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Herbert Graf <hkgraf@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > At one point we were looking for a store that was in the guide book.
> > When we go there we realized it wasn't there anymore. Pulled out my
> > phone, turned on the GPS and asked google maps where other locations
> > were, couple minutes and we were on our way, incredible.
> 
> 
> Maybe we just forgot that the same was possible before without electronic
> devices :-) 

But that right there was the point, we WERE using a dead tree guide/map,
and it was the one that failed us. Had we used google maps first we
would have know it wasn't there anymore.

I do still navigate the "old" way from time to time just to keep my
skills well tuned. That said, when travelling somewhere you've never
been the absolute freedom that modern navigational aids is astounding.

> I remember when I lost the GPS signal in Paris -- I was just too
> much trusting that device and had no traditional map with me. It was 10
> times more difficult using an electronic map without the GPS coordinates
> than using the good old paperback street map.

Perhaps you need a better electronic map? I've regularly used my Garmin
Nuvi in situations where there was no GPS signal and it's easily as
useful as a paper map.

To each his/her own I suppose.

TTYL

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