Well, there are idiots like that.  Just like there are idiots consulting a GPS screen as they drive, too.  DMc

---- Jeff <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> Yeah... gotta love those guys driving 65 down the freeway with a map laid across their steering wheel.
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 7:47 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: GPS Recommendation
>
> I've never been (or tried to be) anywhere I couldn't get by map, and by map I can get a good feel for the terrain I'm traversing.  For local navigation in any state, I use DeLorme's.  To get across the country, I use Rand McNally.  For camping, I use DeLorme's and USGS topo sheets, or Trails Unlimited.  In cities, I use Rand McNally if DeLorme's is inadequate (varies by state).  I like to have the maps just to study from time to time, as well.  I do consult AAA concerning travel routes, but usually deviate from those recommended substantially.
>
> Once in Berkeley, CA, I was with a friend who was navigating with his Garmin.  He was directed to drive up one of the walkways with stairs that have street names.  Really.
>
> Even if I decided I wanted a GPS for travel, I would still use maps, which are much more fun.  I've never seen a GPS that caused me to wonder about the source of the toponyms I encountered, or caused me to peruse sections of terrain just for the hell of it, and eventually to travel over them though I hadn't planned to.  Using a GPS, I would never have known of the existence of Dirty Woman Creek, Drunkard's Branch, the twin towns of Frog and Frognot, or Bug Tussle, Texas and Bug Tussle, Oklahoma.
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> Surely you GPS users also have and use maps.  Otherwise, what is life for?
>
> No one has broken into my vehicle to steal my DeLorme's lately.
>
> David
>
> ---- B Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET> wrote:
> > Pick yourself up a $125-$150 Garmin, you'll be glad you did.  I was a die
> > hard map junky before I gave in but it's great to not have to navigate with
> > a  map when you are travelling around big cities at rush hour....
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> > Bill Shawley
> > Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 9:10 PM
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > Subject: GPS Recommendation
> >
> > It pains me to give in to modern technology being of the type that prides
> > themselves in their god given navigational skills, BUT I think I'm gonna get
> > a GPS.  I don't know much about them and don't wanna get too engrossed in
> > the ins and outs.  My wife loves the idea and I think the unit will reside
> > in her car most of the time but I guess it would be nice for trips.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm not looking to spend much, we don't really go off road or into the wild,
> > just something to keep my form depending on my mapquest printouts.
> >
> >
> >
> > Can anyone recommend any good, inexepensive units?
> >
> >
> >
> > Wanee festival is only weeks away.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ryan
> >
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