Asking for directions...old custom now

[JDgreen227]

You've ruined me!

Just wait until you visit LMF tomorrow....:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

You ain't seen NOTHING yet....:laughing:

 

[jmurray01]

Just wait until you visit LMF tomorrow....:laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

You ain't seen NOTHING yet....:laughing:

Why does that statement make me slightly nervous ?

 

[Pete Judd]

On the water, it's the electronic systems that take people aground. These days the weekend boaters with a lot of money buy fancy chart plotters, and run $250,000 boats aground. And don't know how to read charts. I saw one Garmin unit that did not show a whole Island. I hold a 100 ton USGC masters license, and know how to read charts. I have had small runabouts, come up and ask me for directions out on the water. Hopefully map and chart reading does not become a out of date technology.

 

[two_bit_score]

On the water, it's the electronic systems that take people aground. These days the weekend boaters with a lot of money buy fancy chart plotters, and run $250,000 boats aground. And don't know how to read charts. I saw one Garmin unit that did not show a whole Island. I hold a 100 ton USGC masters license, and know how to read charts. I have had small runabouts, come up and ask me for directions out on the water. Hopefully map and chart reading does not become a out of date technology.

Pete, I'm afraid already has. For most people anyway.

 

[sandman2234]

One, and probably the only modern thing I like, is GPS systems.

We have one, and it got us to our holiday in Edinburgh (LMF members may remember my thread, and may even still be drying the tears from me leaving for 5 days...) without a single mistake.

While GPS systems have their very good points, they also have their downfalls. One of the major points that is negative is not being able to scan ahead on the route while zero'd in close so you can see just where you are going on a long trip. The other is the itty bitty screen that you have to look at with aftermarket GPS systems. Typically the largest screen you can buy is about 7" while in car systems go a little larger. I prefer using a mapping program (such as Microsoft streets and trips) on a laptop, and if I really want to get fancy, use a gps sensor with it. I think M.S.T came out with the added sensor in the program box about 2009 for $80, so you got the program with the gps sensor and all you needed was a laptop and an invertor if your laptop wasn't 12v compatible. Then you have a huge screen, and able to view the whole route which would tell you if it was routing you thru timbuckto or across every toll bridge/road in the country, etc.
David from jax

 

[johnrex62]

When I drove for a living, I never really got lost....but there were quite a few times when I wasn't quite sure where I was...:laughing:

But as you say, you'll always end up somewhere.

As my wife told me once "you can't get lost if your not trying to get anywhere specific. Just enjoy the scenery while we drive."

In the early days I was learning my way around, I was trying to find a certain office that was on 33rd, I got direction from a gas station map and when I found 33rd, it was pretty much a rural gravel road...I drove up and down that road for an hour, looking for a certain address...went back to the station to look at the map again, and guess what...there was ANOTHER 33rd across town....I had been trying to find 33rd STREET on 33rd ROAD. Last time I ever made that mistake.

In Austin, Texas we have a major east-west artery that changes names 5 times from one side of town to the other.

Guys, you haven't lived until you find yourself at the intersection of Peachtree Rd and Peachtree Rd in downtown Atlanta. :thumbsup: It wasn't until daylight that I could see small letters on the corners of those signs reading ssw and nne. :ashamed: It seems there are over 20 streets named Peachtree in that town, but only 3 actually Peachtree Rd.

 

[jmurray01]

While GPS systems have their very good points, they also have their downfalls. One of the major points that is negative is not being able to scan ahead on the route while zero'd in close so you can see just where you are going on a long trip. The other is the itty bitty screen that you have to look at with aftermarket GPS systems. Typically the largest screen you can buy is about 7" while in car systems go a little larger. I prefer using a mapping program (such as Microsoft streets and trips) on a laptop, and if I really want to get fancy, use a gps sensor with it. I think M.S.T came out with the added sensor in the program box about 2009 for $80, so you got the program with the gps sensor and all you needed was a laptop and an invertor if your laptop wasn't 12v compatible. Then you have a huge screen, and able to view the whole route which would tell you if it was routing you thru timbuckto or across every toll bridge/road in the country, etc.
David from jax

The screen is easy to see in my opinion.