DocAndersen
Last night I was going to Raven’s game in Baltimore. The first thing to note is that the game was kicking off at 425 pm. It was the featured late game. More importantly, around 55 minutes after the kickoff the Sun was going down to end the day. The days are slowly getting longer because we have passed the winter solstice. But it still gets dark early. I decided to be smart and remembered what gate I came into the stadium because the parking lot with my car was right in front of the gate. I figured that was the smartest way to solve its dark, where did I park problem. Except for one small error in my plan, I memorized the inbound gate, not the inside the stadium gate.
Then, to add insult to injury, I also ended up getting lost in the Stadium, twice. I cam out of a different gate than the one I cam in. But, there was a saving grace. There are several devices Hum, Automatic, as well as the map function of your cell that allows you to “know” where your car is. I launched the Hum application and selected the find my car option. I realized, looking at the image in front of me where my car was. It was literally on the opposite side of the stadium. Luckily it had stopped raining around the end of the game. I was able to walk around the rest o the stadium. Rather than walking around aimlessly, trying to remember where I parked, I knew where I parked.
The other nice thing about the GPS on the cell phone, as I pulled out of the parking lot of the stadium, the GPS asked me if I wanted to save 40 minutes. Yes, I wanted to save 40 minutes so while everyone coming out of the lot was turning left, I turned right! I was home way earlier than I would have. I understand that not everyone uses GPS. Not everyone is going to sporting events where there are many cars, but if you do, the value of having a device that knows where your car is, reduces the impact of walking around the stadium searching for your car. You can also mark where your car is in the Google Maps, Waze, Apple Maps or any other of the many mapping applications for smartphones.
Never lose your way or your car again!
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did you know you can simply set your smart phone mapping to where your car is?
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Yes
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Good to know there are smart ways to find where your car is parked.
they work really well and provide you with lots of information about your car as well. Like what is that check engine light telling you!
I would assume you would have to be good at reading maps. Am I wrong?
well I did have the advantage of a large building next to me. But honestly no, it puts your car on the map as a point, you just keep heading towards that!
Well, my husband should get this for me. I spend hours at the hospital parking lot trying to find the car or truck.
They are really useful and you can use the smartphone app to get to your car!
Q: DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN SIMPLY SET YOUR SMART PHONE MAPPING TO WHERE YOUR CAR IS?
Yes (3 votes) – 100%
The tools by the way
Hum, plugs into your Onboard Management Por tin your card
Automatic also plugs into that management port of the car
Your smartphone, any mapping package
google maps
Apple maps
TomTom (on your smartphone)
copilot (on your smartphone)
A very wise tip, thank you. I suppose this could work with motorbikes, too. I remember my brother and I trying to find his bike in a shopping mall (in Vietnam) parking lot where there were thousands of bikes parked ???
yes you can do the same, the system is called Tile. it will connect you directly to a specific bike in a large lot!!!!
live navigation is the one thing about a smart phone I would enjoy
it works really well, I was a huge Delorme user for many years. Handheld GPS units, I use the cell phone only now, much cheaper!
there is some cel phone tech that I am missing out on
hey as an artist you have different requirements than I do!
missing out is one way to view it. Choosing not to participate is another way!
opting out is a much more accurate way to put it
opting out can be a good thing. Unless you lose your car daily, then not so much!
if you look at your car and memorize the location right before you leave the parking lot, the chances of finding it again go way up
yes, to a degree. when you are talking about parking on one side of a huge stadium, and sitting on the other side, coming out a completely different door, in the dark, not so much.
since I don’t frequent stadiums or amusment parks, I don’t have that issue. but yeah, that would be the achilles heel
at least for me, I’ve been to two live football games this week. In one case i had my car, in the other case I was riding in a rented van.
either way it is nice to know!
if you’re going to live that kinda lifestyle, I am glad to know you have a plan in place to find your car
Thank heavens that technology saved the day for you. I had a visual image of you hanging around until all the cars were gone and then finally finding your car lol
there were times when I was traveling when that was actually the only way I could find the rental car.
So many ways technology saves us time and worries!
i was really glad for the tech when I got to the car!
I didn’t know about this app until now, dear friend … I will have to ask a friend if my phone has this app … probably has one …. otherwise there are no such big objects in our house that I would not find a car
it is really useful in big parking ltos!
I believe only we don’t have such large parking lots, dear friend
it is possible no big soccer stadiums? or indoor arenas for basketball?
The largest basketball court can accommodate about 10,000 spectators … a football stadium maybe a little more
well that could be a fairly large lot, 10,000 people most likely at least 3000 cars!
Interesting and useful information. I didn’t know that.
glad to have provided good information!!!!
Technology saved the day for you! Glad you made it to the game and found your car. That is one way to get your exercise.
i was glad I remembered to use it! it is a huge parking area!!!!!