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When I lived in the Bay Area, my mental map was rotated by about 90 degrees clockwise. It was constantly annoying to be driving a different direction than I th
by dpark 10y ago
When I lived in the Bay Area, my mental map was rotated by about 90 degrees clockwise. It was constantly annoying to be driving a different direction than I thought, and made actual map use really awkward as I'd search for basic landmarks for a full minute before my mental map would "reset" to match the physical map. Since then, I've wondered if something like this would help keep my mental map more aligned with reality.
I don't think it's a coincidence that I started using GPS navigation heavily around this same time. My mental mapping in general has degraded a lot since I started relying on turn-by-turn magic for all non-familiar navigation.
edit: Is there an off-the-shelf solution like the Northpaw that looks less like a house arrest cuff? I can't imagine wearing something that clunky as a usual thing. The market demand for this in a sleek package is probably close to zero, though.