Before maps in cell phones I was lost all the time. Even in places I know well, I can still get lost. I used to carry a paper map around with me absolutely everywhere even after I lived somewhere for 10 years. I can still get lost easily but with a phone map I am at least able to locate where I am. I don't use it much until I actually become lost, then I am glad I have it. I do not think I have gotten any worse at navigation.
The other day I was on the bus and I was snooping into the windows of the cars in the other lanes. I noticed that virtually all of them had the GPS up on a phone mount. It was about 5pm on a weekday, probably everyone commuting from work. Just picked up the kids. Whatever. Going home. Going the same way they go every day. Even though I can get lost easily and in places I know, even I am not so helpless that I just have it up by default all of the time, telling me how to go down a main road that I take daily.
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Before maps in cell phones I was lost all the time. Even in places I know well, I can still get lost. I used to carry a paper map around with me absolutely everywhere even after I lived somewhere for 10 years. I can still get lost easily but with a phone map I am at least able to locate where I am. I don't use it much until I actually become lost, then I am glad I have it. I do not think I have gotten any worse at navigation.
The other day I was on the bus and I was snooping into the windows of the cars in the other lanes. I noticed that virtually all of them had the GPS up on a phone mount. It was about 5pm on a weekday, probably everyone commuting from work. Just picked up the kids. Whatever. Going home. Going the same way they go every day. Even though I can get lost easily and in places I know, even I am not so helpless that I just have it up by default all of the time, telling me how to go down a main road that I take daily.