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The search function on Google Map is really handy for when I need to find food and stuff. And offline maps for when I need to go places with sporadic internet i
by osti 10y ago
The search function on Google Map is really handy for when I need to find food and stuff. And offline maps for when I need to go places with sporadic internet is awesome as well.
I know I know, you can actually travel with a paper map. But I'm spoiled, as are most people these days I'm sure. So without a phone app is just too much of a decrease in life quality.
- wott 10y agoOr you could lift your eyes from your bloody phone for a minute while you walk and see that there are signs on or above store fronts which say "grocery" or something like that...
- osti 10y agoTry doing that when the stuff you need to find is at least 100 miles away.
- kafkaesq 10y agoOne very seldom "needs to" pinpoint the location of something in a far-off city before one gets to the general area first. Which is what one used to do when traveling (i.e. at the first gas or train station in the general area, depending on the mode of travel, you get your coffee, your would get your donut/baguette/whatever... and a map of whatever fancy new city you've just arrived in). Sure. being able to do this online, for any place in the world, within seconds is a huge convenience... but ultimately just that -- a convenience.