ejala Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 GPS? What is this alien thing of which you speak? I get lost just fine on my own. 3 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitterwolf Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 52 minutes ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 I have had a few times where I hadn't updated in a while when the situation had changed, so I needed to look for the signs again... But not really lost or stranded, 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManvsMini Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 56 minutes ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Not that I can think of. I tend to look up destinations on the maps before I go just in case. It has been unable to find the address when I typed it in, but luckily I had done the aforementioned Google map view and had a rough idea of where to go. I really need to update the software in my car. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezler the Polychromatic Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Yes, when my wife and I headed up to Edmonton during our honeymoon, the GPS gave the option "West Edmonton Mall" with no address showing. It ended up taking us into downtown Edmonton, and I had to find the option with the specific address in order to get to the correct location. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranky Dog Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Aside from a confusing highway exit not really. But last spring my GPS (Garmin) was convinced I *was* completely lost because a new stretch of highway wasn't in its database yet. According to my GPS, I was driving at 100kph through rocky snow banks. One heck of a shortcut! 2 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteWulfe Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Nope, don't have a gps unit, and I pre-plan with maps, and drive with previous knowledge in hand. Google Maps on the other hand, gets lost all. The. Time. The house you're looking for is in this field! It's down this sketchy alley! Yeah, I don't rely on the voice as a backup, I believe too much in pre-planning and having knowledge of where you're going, even if it's just main roads. Will I use Google Maps? Yup, I use it in occasion, but the voice is never my only guide, many a time I've ignored her directions because I was told to drive the wrong way down a one way, or someone has deliberately trained it day after day that their house is actually the garage in the alley (so their dependence on Google Maps will get them home). It's a tool, but I've seen far too many depend on gps to get around for daily things, and are utterly lost if their phone battery dies or they lose signal for ten seconds... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosscorpion Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 1 hour ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Tooo Many Years of actual land navigation by road maps, or USGS maps with compasses in the field. When the GPS starts not to make sense, out come the maps. So has it?... No, I have never given it the opportunity. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thoramel Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Not really, no. I occasionally use google maps when I'm driving somewhere I've never been. But I always review the location and route before leaving so that if the program does give me poor directions I'll have an idea of what's going on. Plus, I'm old enough to have been driving all over the place using road maps and gazetteers. So sometimes I'll just use those. Especially if I'm somewhere without cell signals, which is kind of often. We actually had a fun lesson in not trusting GPS software in hilly areas this summer when one of my bosses insisted that we were in the right place based on their phone despite it not matching our maps at all. We spent a long, hot afternoon kicking and stomping through brambles and checking out the quality of all the water resources there. And when we left there was a guy waiting by our vehicle to tell us we were on the wrong property. He did give us directions to the right one though, which was what we originally had marked on our maps. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haldir Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylverthorne Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Yes. Less often these days, but the side effect is that I don't trust the damn thing much ... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CashWiley Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 3 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Nope. I only use my gps app for a convenient minimap while I drive. I plan my route using an atlas, and study it before traveling. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inarah Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Not completely, because I have inherent direction sense and I know when it's wrong, but it has done some strange things and taken me to the wrong places (and even a few that didn't exist). But never totally lost. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparrowMarie Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 Not GPS but MapQuest did on a few occasions. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGP Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded? 😈 No (But full disclosure :: I haven’t got one.) Instead, I am a member of The Ancient And Noble Order of Map Readers. We are never fooled by the foul machinations of what ever Djinn inhabits those things. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Chaoswolf Posted October 3, 2022 Moderator Share Posted October 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Corsair said: Quizzle for 3 October 2022: Has your GPS ever gotten you totally lost or stranded?😈 That would imply that I trust it in the first place, which I don't. So, no. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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