And I had my GPS tell me one day to turn into the parking lot of an apartment building. I was cursing it and was ready to toss it out the window when I got to the other side of the parking lot...and the street I was looking for! I had set the GPS to "shortest route". Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> 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 -----
> >
> --
> David McNeely