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Really, is that a thing? I'm completely unable to redo a nontrivial GPS route without the GPS after a handful of times, but I can definitely redo routine route

Really, is that a thing? I'm completely unable to redo a nontrivial GPS route without the GPS after a handful of times, but I can definitely redo routine routes. At first I'd expect so can anyone else.

lexapro 7y ago
What about all the people that started at a job recently?
- Cerium 7y ago
  They would get a paper map? You can buy, print, or draw maps.
- bauruine 7y ago
  google maps works without GPS you just need to remember the directions and follow the signs. Even if someone uses GPS even for the easiest routes doesn't mean that he's not capable of doing it without.
jslabovitz 7y ago
Not everyone. I've always had a horrible sense of direction. I can follow a road or a map, but if I take a wrong turn or otherwise get off track, I get completely disoriented, and it's extremely stressful to me. I also seem to have a poor working memory that makes it hard to remember many steps at a time. I often need many drives over many months along the same route to finally etch it into my brain. With GPS, I'm much calmer and less anxious, and more willing to take risks with alternate routes.
myself248 7y ago
When I go to a new city, I follow my satnav device for the first few days, then start altering my route -- deliberately missing turns, or starting out in a different direction, to learn where it takes me as a result of those changes. I'll study the map before I depart, and plan which turns to blow, and predict what reroute I think it'll give me. After a week or two of this assisted learning, I tend to have a pretty good base map in my head, so I start doing without. I'll leave the device face-down on the passenger seat, not giving me any hints, but still tracking my location and there for a quick peek if I get turned around. After a few days of this I can typically do away with it entirely.

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Really, is that a thing? I'm completely unable to redo a nontrivial GPS route without the GPS after a handful of times, but I can definitely redo routine route

by emiliobumachar 7y ago

lexapro 7y ago
What about all the people that started at a job recently?
- Cerium 7y ago
  They would get a paper map? You can buy, print, or draw maps.
- bauruine 7y ago
  google maps works without GPS you just need to remember the directions and follow the signs. Even if someone uses GPS even for the easiest routes doesn't mean that he's not capable of doing it without.
jslabovitz 7y ago
Not everyone. I've always had a horrible sense of direction. I can follow a road or a map, but if I take a wrong turn or otherwise get off track, I get completely disoriented, and it's extremely stressful to me. I also seem to have a poor working memory that makes it hard to remember many steps at a time. I often need many drives over many months along the same route to finally etch it into my brain. With GPS, I'm much calmer and less anxious, and more willing to take risks with alternate routes.
myself248 7y ago
When I go to a new city, I follow my satnav device for the first few days, then start altering my route -- deliberately missing turns, or starting out in a different direction, to learn where it takes me as a result of those changes. I'll study the map before I depart, and plan which turns to blow, and predict what reroute I think it'll give me. After a week or two of this assisted learning, I tend to have a pretty good base map in my head, so I start doing without. I'll leave the device face-down on the passenger seat, not giving me any hints, but still tracking my location and there for a quick peek if I get turned around. After a few days of this I can typically do away with it entirely.