It's late and I'm about to go to bed, so I'll answer your points
piecemeal, Moose, if you'll forgive me.
My point about my sister-in-law is that she has no clue where she is
on her travels. If she had a breakdown she would not be able to tell
her husband, father or sister where in our (quite small) country where
she was travelling to, which road, the nearest town.
Now, I grant you the usefulness of your GPS for its recording
facilities and for its ability to add to your knowledge, I reckon you
have a clue where you are all the time. So it complements your own
sense of direction. My sis has _no_ clue.
And I think that it is important to know where you are going before
you go. I admit that my wife and I do our own thing when it comes to
travelling: we follow no beaten tracks, normally. But we have an aim
to our aimlessness (I hope that this doesn't sound like "known
unknowns") ...
Night night (more on the morrow)
Chris
On 7 Jun 2009, at 21:05, Moose wrote:
>>
>> And equally seriously, my sister-in-law uses a satnav because she
>> cannot navigate; she never knows where she is. It's possible that
>> she and her Landrover Discovery are a road safety nightmare ...
>>
>
> I'm not convinced. With preset destination(s) and a good talking GPS,
> she should be safer while on the road - and on the road less time.
> ONce
> on has been many places, the GPS remembers them, and returning to
> them,
> even from different starting points, is easy.
--
_________________________________________________________________
Options: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/listinfo/olympus
Archives: http://lists.thomasclausen.net/mailman/private/olympus/
Themed Olympus Photo Exhibition: http://www.tope.nl/
|