A man should be able to read a damn map
Posted by TFG on May 21st, 2009
A government report says the accuracy of GPS signals could deteriorate in the next few years because of delays in satellite launches, but the Air Force says it has plenty of ways of keeping up the navigation system increasingly relied on by drivers and cell phone users.
All that satellite garbage is nice and all, makes girls feel like they know where they’re going, but they teach you how to read a map in Boy Scouts.
I can dig the commerce aspects of the GPS, but you still need to know which way is north, I think. Plus, they’re slow. Every rent car I ever had that had a GPS was inevitably 30-60 seconds behind me and my maps.
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 am
excuse me. last I checked, I was still girlie and could read a map.
GPS? no fucking clue, though
May 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 am
Yeah, that was kind of a broad brush. Apologies, dear.
May 22nd, 2009 at 9:56 am
I don’t think the Masters of the Universe want you to be reading maps. A handful of posters with slogans such as Hope, Change, and Obey are all they are looking for.
May 22nd, 2009 at 3:29 pm
TFG,think when they stopped teachin basic geography,sometime in the 80s,from that point on,we’ve had a whole lot of people who are lost as hell.I asked the same thing,to some close friends,and family,as to why the did’nt pick up a road map and plot their trip?OH NO,got to have a map quest,or whatever print out, and a GPS to go any damn where.If usin these they run into traffic jams,or other adversities while on their pilgrimage,Katie bar the door.Sign of the times,I suppose.Several years ago,my youngest daughter rode to Okeechobee,to the auction with me,I said you know where we are now?….answer…that big Blue Spot,on the map,Dad.
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Well, I admit I like my Tom-Tom. We use the Jane voice, which is British. She does favor circuitous routes on occasion, but if you go your own way she picks up on it and adjusts her guidance. You also have to update the memory occasionally.
May 24th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
I think orienteering should be a required course in all schools. Kids, maps, and a compass.
And you’re forgiven, TFG