Map reading, a dying art

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Map reading, a dying art

by prydwen @ 01/11/2009 – 10:48:30

Anybody out there think that Sat Navs are the worst techology ever? Having to listen to inane interjections from some plumy voice, that seems to sound smug when you miss the turning, must add to in car rage and frustration. I am glad that Jeremy Clarkson has the same opinion takeing into account this quote of his.
"Everyone can navigate by instinct and if you can't, there's something wrong with you and you should be in prison. The only people who can't navigate instinctively are women and anyone trying to find Malpensa airport in Milan."
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11 Comments to Map reading, a dying art

- happy28 ^Pro
- 01/11/2009 @ 11:18:58
tis handy for when you haven't had time to grab a map or look for a route, but the womans voice is sooo annoying!
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- scoobydoofus ^Pro
- 01/11/2009 @ 13:05:16
Our Satnav has an Australian accent and his name is Bruce.

He's next to useless here in Ireland. We live in a field according to him, and the main road to Shannon airport goes through a lake.

Satnavs are useful, but I tend to navigate by instinct. "We need to be heading in that direction" sort of thing. And if we're going somewhere new, even if I have Bruce with me, I like to look at a map before we leave so I know which roads to take. Bruce is only really used at the end of the journey, after we come off the main roads.
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- technomist
- 01/11/2009 @ 13:27:56
Satnavs are for people who can only think in straight lines.
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- sparkles101
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- 01/11/2009 @ 15:59:43
thank you never use them, I love reading maps got a good collection of them, some really old, so I'd rather use them
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- pompeycaulkhead
- 01/11/2009 @ 16:27:17
when shat navs first came out my mate paid 500 quid for one. Me being an awkward bastard decided to put it to the test with a 6 quid Ordnance Survey map. It was monumentally useless.
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- gardengirl
- 01/11/2009 @ 17:12:26
I think I can read a map but like to turn it as we go so I always know where I am. We do have sat nav thing as well which is good for when I am on my own so I do not have to keep stopping to look at the map.
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- boredrich
- 01/11/2009 @ 20:40:20
I have a satnav and I was trying to get to a car boot this morning and it directed me into someones driveway saying it was a road!!?!?!
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- PurpleDragon
- 01/11/2009 @ 22:36:15
I am a woman. I need SatNav.
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- ravingmad
- 01/11/2009 @ 23:58:12
I love it, because now hubby argues with sat-nav lady instead of me, when he goes down the wrong road because he refused to believe the instructions he was given
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- MonkeyPie
- 02/11/2009 @ 08:51:07
I'm a woman, I have an inbuilt GPS in my brain
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- allissurreal
- 02/11/2009 @ 22:29:24
I drive, my friend reads the map. We usually get there ok. When i try to read the map and my friend drives, he always says, "do you know where you are now" because he knows I'm that bad I'm looking on the wrong page. I don't think i would get on with a sat-nav as no good with technology either. Some how i manage to get from A to B when driving alone by reading the signs, but have gone round and round the roundabout a few times.
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