How the in-car GPS changed navigation for good

I have always had a navigation system in my car, even 30 years ago. I never go anywhere without my wife.
Shows again that technology causes job loss.
 
sandereo said:
I have always had a navigation system in my car, even 30 years ago. I never go anywhere without my wife.
Shows again that technology causes job loss.
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Give her another job while you drive.
 
The moment phones could display Google Maps with GPS built in, these devices were coming to an end as a mass consumable device purchase.

The built into types now are ok I guess.. but I prefer Waze. I think the phone changed everything and via car play or android auto it’s become the portable consumer computing unit you carry around.

Where the gps units are awesome is when cell signal suck and you never downloaded maps in advance.

Ps. I’d say phones & Google maps changed things.. not these gps units. Perhaps it exposed a market.. but I’ve never owned one but been an early adopter of using Google maps on mobile even without gps. Maybe it was because I did delivery while at varsity as the segment opened up.
 
The GPS is not 100% reliable. It falters in some places. Fish Hoek in Cape Town is one, leading people up a cul-de-sac

Here, it wants to take a convoluted way to get to my house. Visitors not familiar with CT southern suburbs find it cumbersome
 
A problem with some people is that they cannot read maps, or cannot relate the map data to streets
 
I learnt to navigate using a map as a kid. To this day I prefer to look up the route ahead of time and the hell with GPS. It caused too many headaches where, for example, an offramp splits immediately. You either end up taking the wrong split or taking your eyes off the road for far too long unless you know what’s coming, in which case you don’t need the GPS anyway.
 
if it wasn’t for GPS, my travelling around the globe wouldnt be so much of fun.

Countries like Brazil, Oman, Egypt, they barely speak English, it would be a nightmare asking people for assistance to get to places.

Places like Dubai, we are on the move daily, taking taxis (half of them stink ) would be a buzz kill, so maps just take you where you want to go.

Above poster says “taking the wrong split…” which is kind of true if you really don’t know how to read/understand the maps. Once you get the hang of it, it’s a blessing to have.
 
The_Traveller said:
Above poster says “taking the wrong split…” which is kind of true if you really don’t know how to read/understand the maps. Once you get the hang of it, it’s a blessing to have.
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I'm talking about relying on GPS - the navigation says "take the offramp" and then, once past the split, says "keep to the right" - way too late.

I rather look at a map, see I must take exit to road so and so and hang right straight after. I've also noticed that relying on GPS never lets me memorise the route NEARLY as quickly. I can go to the same place 3-4x using GPS and still not know it by heart, but navigating there once without GPS means I can find my way there again. You start paying more attention to street names and landmarks.
 
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