tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970609701960833976.post9045445537595202236..comments2024-01-26T04:31:05.152-07:00Comments on Daily Survival: When GPS goes BadBaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00855917118676291767noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970609701960833976.post-13084661747379545812010-11-23T13:03:11.507-07:002010-11-23T13:03:11.507-07:00I think there is more to this risk then simply not...I think there is more to this risk then simply not driving over a cliff because the GPS says you can. I was using a GPS to find IKEA in Sacramento one day. It kept leading me to "strange" parts of town. Places I would never have gone to using a map because with a map there is context. The thing is IKEA isn't in Sacramento it is in some suburb of Sacramento. The GPS was Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-970609701960833976.post-55521812188611360642010-11-20T09:57:46.953-07:002010-11-20T09:57:46.953-07:00I don't know why we feel a collective need to ...I don't know why we feel a collective need to warn against trusting a GPS when the same caveats apply to a map. I think we hold GPS to a higher standard than the dead trees version.<br /><br />If a <i>map</i> showed a bridge that was there would we still drive over the cliff? No. Same with GPS. <br /><br />Maybe the difference is that folks that read maps will have more sense than the frater jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07792539735982495274noreply@blogger.com