I have never had a map tell me to drive up a set of stairs like my friend's GPS did in Berkeley, CA.  Really.  For those who don't know, in Berkeley there are named walkways.  Some of them are stairs up a hillside.  Whoever loaded the data from Berkeley into the GPS didn't know that.

I use maps.  They are a lot more interesting, and can be consulted by anyone, any time.  But, we've had this discussion on this list before.  There is no "winning" outcome.  Some fail to see the intellectual beauty in using maps.  Others fail to see the fun in being told by a machine what to do without having an understanding of the fundamental lay of the land, so to speak.  Never the twain shall meet.

mcneely

---- Ellen in Oregon <elleninoregon@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: 
> Who uses maps?  A lot of us!  I've been all over this country with only a paper map to guide me.  How do you think we got from point A to point B before GPS came along?
> 
> Ellen
> Lola, '85 Vanagon ASI camper, 
> (who has a US Atlas in the passenger seat pocket, and Oregon & Washington state maps in the glove box)
> 
> ‘Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you 
> realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao Tzu
> 
> > Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 01:59:16 +0000
> > From: fonman4277@COMCAST.NET
> > Subject: Re: map light
> > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> > 
> > Sorry Folks, I accidentally sent an empty message. What I meant to say was why all this talk of a map light? GPS!! Who uses maps anymore? Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> > > ----- Original Message -----
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David McNeely