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I disagree. I can generally drive a moderately long route (100 km) by myself after 3-5 times with GPS. I might never learn it without a GPS that I can see durin

• texasbigdata 6y ago
  How many turns / complexity is there’s though? Arguably 2 miles in London is harder than 100 miles in Arkansas due to the sheer cognitive load.
  • emteycz 6y ago
    That's true. I am talking about routes with around 20-30 turns (based on Gmaps report).
• astura 6y ago
  Agreed, I can navigate to anywhere in my town without an issue, I haven't used a GPS to navigate within town in years (basically, since I moved here). When I first moved here I used GPS to get around because I moved here by myself and had never been here before. If I "wasn't learning" when using the GPS then I'd still need it to get around, but I found I only really needed it for a week or so. Of course, many people use GPS when they don't care about learning how to get somewhere, they just wanna get there, thus the use case is different.
• Enginerrrd 6y ago
  To play devils advocate, have you ever tried pulling out a map, planning your route, and then driving it? I'm going to assume not based on your response since you'd likely learn the route after 1 or occasionally 2 times of doing that. I say that because I work in an area where GPS directions are usually useless and often have to find my way to a new location based on directions, or by planning my route ahead of time. It works really well.
  • emteycz 6y ago
    I didn't really, because I can't remember half the route that way. Usually not even a few turns, and I frequently zone out with no idea where I am. Google Maps were a lifesaver for me.