From: Ophelia on

"johannes" <johs(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> "Mr X" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message
>> news:hh2b5r$mh2$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk...
>> >
>> > <James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message
>> > news:0399j5hve9mci2nn31ovno3hush83g7u1c(a)4ax.com...
>> >> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
>> >> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the
>> >>>satnav get me where I'm going.
>> >> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when
>> >> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact
>> >> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless
>> >> satnav has been telling you to do .
>> > Then I would follow the road signs.
>> > Do you have a starting crank on your car? Why would you want modern
>> > rubbish like electric starting - after all it could fail!
>> > In fact why have a car at all. A horse is much more reliable than such
>> > modern rubbish is the internal combustion engine!
>>
>> Yep:)
>
> Do you have nice systems such as Google Maps and Google Earth? These can
> be
> viewed in advance of a difficult journey. Memorise or print out as
> required.
>

Yes indeed we have those. but a print out isn't a lot of use. You are
complaining about a small screen, but at least that is showing just a small
area. A print out? That would be very dangerous if one were having to
continually refer to it.

> Looking at a 4" screen while driving can't be any good. In fact it should
> be
> outlawed, just like mobile phones.

Well one doesn't actually sit and stare at the screen. I listen and
occasionally glance at the ETA or the countdown to a turn. For miles on
end, there is nothing to hear and very little to see. Perhaps you need to
try one out fully:)

From: Ian Dalziel on
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:29:45 -0000, "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk>
wrote:

>
><James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message
>news:0399j5hve9mci2nn31ovno3hush83g7u1c(a)4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
>> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the
>>>satnav get me where I'm going.
>> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when
>> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact
>> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless
>> satnav has been telling you to do .
>
>I can only answer for myself, but I carry a road map too.
>

But... but... think of all the carbon you're burning carrying all that
extra weight about! have you no concern for future generations? Think
of the children, for God's sake!
--

Ian D
From: johannes on


Ophelia wrote:
>
> "johannes" <johs(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com> wrote in message
> news:4B34DD81.7F391AEC(a)siz82442582548524542efitter.com...
> >
> >
> > Ophelia wrote:
> >>
> >> "Mr X" <invalid(a)invalid.com> wrote in message
> >> news:hh2b5r$mh2$1(a)frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk...
> >> >
> >> > <James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:0399j5hve9mci2nn31ovno3hush83g7u1c(a)4ax.com...
> >> >> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
> >> >> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>>I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the
> >> >>>satnav get me where I'm going.
> >> >> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when
> >> >> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact
> >> >> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless
> >> >> satnav has been telling you to do .
> >> > Then I would follow the road signs.
> >> > Do you have a starting crank on your car? Why would you want modern
> >> > rubbish like electric starting - after all it could fail!
> >> > In fact why have a car at all. A horse is much more reliable than such
> >> > modern rubbish is the internal combustion engine!
> >>
> >> Yep:)
> >
> > Do you have nice systems such as Google Maps and Google Earth? These can
> > be
> > viewed in advance of a difficult journey. Memorise or print out as
> > required.
> >
>
> Yes indeed we have those. but a print out isn't a lot of use. You are
> complaining about a small screen, but at least that is showing just a small
> area. A print out? That would be very dangerous if one were having to
> continually refer to it.
>
> > Looking at a 4" screen while driving can't be any good. In fact it should
> > be
> > outlawed, just like mobile phones.
>
> Well one doesn't actually sit and stare at the screen. I listen and
> occasionally glance at the ETA or the countdown to a turn. For miles on
> end, there is nothing to hear and very little to see. Perhaps you need to
> try one out fully:)

So far my system has worked well. Google maps gives the logical route and
Google Earth provides the particular landmarks to look out for.
From: "MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | on
"johnwright" <""john\"@no spam here.com"> wrote in message
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>
> ...the entire sport of geocaching would not exist without GPS
> or satnavs.

"Geocaching" may not have done so, but its predecessor,
"Letterboxing", pre-dated GPS by many, many years.

--
MatSav


From: Ophelia on

"Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:29:45 -0000, "Ophelia" <Ophelia(a)Elsinore.me.uk>
> wrote:
>
>>
>><James Martin(a)hgvu.com> wrote in message
>>news:0399j5hve9mci2nn31ovno3hush83g7u1c(a)4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:39:11 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
>>> <harry.m1byt(a)NOSPAM.tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I can relax and get on with concentrating with driving and let the
>>>>satnav get me where I'm going.
>>> And what are you going to do if your satnav goes nackared one day when
>>> you are miles away from home? you wouldn't have a clue due to the fact
>>> that you have been so used to sitting there doing what your useless
>>> satnav has been telling you to do .
>>
>>I can only answer for myself, but I carry a road map too.
>>
>
> But... but... think of all the carbon you're burning carrying all that
> extra weight about! have you no concern for future generations? Think
> of the children, for God's sake!

*gasp* *shock horror* What was I thinking???

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