GPS-Go Play in the Snow?

[RICHARD]

As dain bramaged as I am, yes, probably.

You just have to remember this little adage....

Nose to north, back to the south
Right is west and the east is what you have "left".


North is ALWAYS off your nose.


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[RICHARD]

Wheeeee!

Another couple got stuck on the SAME ROAD a few days ago.....same thing happened to them, GPS sent them there.

LOL, I have to use the saying I hate the most- They just stayed the course.

Again, cell phone tech saved their lives.

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How many of you have an emergency bag inside your car for situations like that?

[happylabs]

Oh my... Their first mistake was driving a Toyota LOL!

I like my printed directions from Rand McNally website. My sense of direction ain't what it used to be.

[pomtzu]

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How many of you have an emergency bag inside your car for situations like that?

Interesting question. Let me think for a minute...............

Okay - I don't drive in bad weather.
I seldom drive at night - even in good weather.
No mountain roads around here. I think the highest point in DE is a hill about 60' above sea level.
ETA: I stand corrected. It's a dizzying 448'.

What kind of emergency survival kit should I have with me to go to the mall????

[Cataholic]

I love my GPS. I have had many a diasters with online map services.

I would make the "turn left" directional come on a bit earlier than it does currently. If I am flying along at 45, I need more than 10 feet to safely execute a turn.

[Asiel]

I find it handy since I'm very directionally challenged. I have to adapt my left for my right and vice versa which gets me lost many timmes . The GSP has gotten me out of many situations but if I were to drive totally unknown territory I'm not sure I would trust it, probably would follow up with the good old fashioned road maps.

[DJFyrewolf36]

My mom worked as a surveyor and map maker for many years...I grew up knowing my arse from true north lol. I also competed in orentering (sp?) in high school so I can has read a map! I don't trust home GPS units any more than I can throw them because the civilian GPS satalites are NOT the same as the ones the government uses and the accuracy isn't verified nearly as well.
Google Maps on my phone works well...even when I know the directions are bogus I can look at the provided map and figure my way out of most situations. If Im in a remote area that Google doesn't cover, Ill trust a good paper map.

If a paper map fails there is always bread crumbs!

[Lady's Human]

I don't trust home GPS units any more than I can throw them because the civilian GPS satalites are NOT the same as the ones the government uses and the accuracy isn't verified nearly as well.

Same satellite cluster, different signal with that used to be munged, but the built in accuracy error was removed by executive order during the Clinton administration.

[RICHARD]

My mom worked as a surveyor and map maker for many years...I grew up knowing my arse from true north lol.

Do you remember the movie, "The Jerk"?

I always think of the scene where Steve Martin's brother pulls out the can of Shinola from his pocket.

A few years back some guy got lost with his daughter on the way back from Lost Vegas. because his GPS gave him directions down a dirt road. He got stuck in some dirt and waited hours for a tow truck.

Morons.

[Barbara]

Nose to north, back to the south
Right is west and the east is what you have "left".

Things are even more strange in your end of the world than I thought.
Here west will be left if your nose points to the north

(Written by a directionally challenged woman who is proud of it )

[lizbud]

Things are even more strange in your end of the world than I thought.
Here west will be left if your nose points to the north

(Written by a directionally challenged woman who is proud of it )

Same here Barbara. Maybe it's different in fantasyland.

[Karen]

Same here Barbara. Maybe it's different in fantasyland.

He could have just misremembered it!

During the day it's easy, sun rises in the East, sets in the West. At night, a compass is more helpful! We live on North Street, and funny enough the longer part of it is pretty directly North-South pointing, but then the street takes a 90-degree left turn, so who knows why it got its name!

[RICHARD]

He could have just misremembered it!

During the day it's easy, sun rises in the East, sets in the West. At night, a compass is more helpful! We live on North Street, and funny enough the longer part of it is pretty directly North-South pointing, but then the street takes a 90-degree left turn, so who knows why it got its name!

LOL,

You all were paying attention.....It works if you are standing on your head.

Its a GPS joke.

[smokey the elder]

Make sure the time setting on your GPS is accurate! I was trying to get my "current location" and it was off by about 20 miles; it turned out my time was off by about 4 minutes.

[catland]

LOL - there is a street a few miles from my house called - (drumroll please...)


South West North Dakota.


at least I know I'm not East.