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Do you often need to scroll a map on your car's screen?

by alanbernstein 7y ago

chrisseaton 7y ago
Yes. To see where I'm going to be going or find something. Do you not?
- TylerE 7y ago
  No? I just enter my destination and let it actually navigate
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    I often look around on the route to see if it's suitable, what I'm going to past, where I might stop, things like that. Just entering the destination and going without looking first is a recipe for being one of those idiots trying to drive down an unsuitable country lane, in my experience.
    - TylerE 7y ago
      In years of using Waze for thousands of trips I've had that happen exactly zero times. It also has functionality built in to find things like restaurants and gas stations near your active route.
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    - cglace 7y ago
      How do you handle being rerouted? Also, how do you handle routes for 12 hour drives?
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  - jessaustin 7y ago
    Wow, the world has all kinds of people. This attitude is bizarre to me. It seems similar to something I've heard before, "Why would I look in the rearview mirror? All that stuff is behind me so I don't care about it!"
    - TylerE 7y ago
      No, it's really not at all the same. I'm using a tool for the job it was designed to do (and does very well). That doesn't mean I don't pay attention. I'm just not arrogant enough to think I'm better.
      - jessaustin 7y ago
        a) "The tool" does afford the ability to scroll around and change zoom levels; that probably required some "design" to do that. b) Is it "arrogant" to think that I understand my own goals and preferences better than a mapping app? Yikes.
- alanbernstein 7y ago
  I don't drive a car. Whenever I watch someone using navigation while driving, the map follows the route,so there is no need for that.
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    > the map follows the route,so there is no need for that This is how you end up driving on an unsuitable route, by not looking ahead about where it’s going. And sometimes you want to see what else is around you and not just program a destination.

Do you often need to scroll a map on your car's screen?

chrisseaton 7y ago

Yes. To see where I'm going to be going or find something. Do you not?

TylerE 7y ago
No? I just enter my destination and let it actually navigate
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  I often look around on the route to see if it's suitable, what I'm going to past, where I might stop, things like that. Just entering the destination and going without looking first is a recipe for being one of those idiots trying to drive down an unsuitable country lane, in my experience.
  - TylerE 7y ago
    In years of using Waze for thousands of trips I've had that happen exactly zero times. It also has functionality built in to find things like restaurants and gas stations near your active route.
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  - cglace 7y ago
    How do you handle being rerouted? Also, how do you handle routes for 12 hour drives?
    - deleted 7y ago
      [deleted]
- jessaustin 7y ago
  Wow, the world has all kinds of people. This attitude is bizarre to me. It seems similar to something I've heard before, "Why would I look in the rearview mirror? All that stuff is behind me so I don't care about it!"
  - TylerE 7y ago
    No, it's really not at all the same. I'm using a tool for the job it was designed to do (and does very well). That doesn't mean I don't pay attention. I'm just not arrogant enough to think I'm better.
    - jessaustin 7y ago
      a) "The tool" does afford the ability to scroll around and change zoom levels; that probably required some "design" to do that. b) Is it "arrogant" to think that I understand my own goals and preferences better than a mapping app? Yikes.
alanbernstein 7y ago
I don't drive a car. Whenever I watch someone using navigation while driving, the map follows the route,so there is no need for that.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  > the map follows the route,so there is no need for that This is how you end up driving on an unsuitable route, by not looking ahead about where it’s going. And sometimes you want to see what else is around you and not just program a destination.