DocAndersen
Standing, at the end of today
holding the Platt map that includes
yesterday and the day before
we are looking for the
shopping mall red arrow
YOU ARE HERE
pointing a directional view for us
to contemplate and in seeing that view
we would then know
where we are.
No GPS knows this place.
Off, sadly the edge of the Platt Map
our path was
long and winding
we did not mark
that trail in
we can’t return that way.
No GPS
no map
no way.
we stand lost
seeking teh arrow
perhaps then
to know
we are here.
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Have you ever stood and wondered, how did I get here?
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Yes
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No
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I do not use a GPS system since I have never had the chance to use one.
GPS is an interesting tool as long as it is not the only way.
I mean I am from an era where city maps are used.
So am I! I actually learned to read the old foldable state maps!
The funny thing is that my dad used the AAA Trip trik maps when he would take us from New Orleans to see his relatives in New York City in the 1970s.
we used to have state maps in the glove box (never, folded as neatly as when you got them)
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
We took a driving trip to Colorado one summer and added Illinois, Kansas!
Maps were very useful back in the 1970s.
They still are! I use them when boating all the time, the rule on the water is have electronics, but they only fail when you need them!
It is always great to have a back up plan.
Actually, if you go out on the Chesapeake Bay, the USGS will ask to see your maps, before certifying your boat.
I did not know that for a fact.
I have boated for years (Wisconsin and Indiana, Ohio) during that time the USGS never had to “certify” my boat. It was a learning experience.
Thank you for sharing this information.
User Equivalent Range Errors (UERE) are those that relate to the timing and path readings of the satellites due to anomalies in the hardware or interference from the atmosphere. A complete list of the sources of User Equivalent Range Errors, in descending order of their contributions to the total error budget, is below:
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GPS is often useful, but it also often makes us difficult.
I spent many years struggling with a path. I kept trying to find a GPS for life
I think that’s the point of GPS.
I truly would hope. I’ve not yet found one!
I was taught by Dad how to find directions and he was a navigator in WW2. I like to use my own navigation system. My eldest sister has a Tomtom and seems to get lost often, she also panics. I don’t blame her.
That is exactly the position I feel I am in often, GPS and paper maps leading me nowhere.
Best rely on your own gut instinct, learn to recognise landmarks.
That is very true thanks Pam.
I do not trust GPS anymore. I already had problems with him.
I can understand that – it is important not to be lost, which is the key component I felt years ago when I wrote this poem!
GPS itself is a bit nervous and devastating … how did we travel sometimes … is it true that today I use GPS as well … why should not it be easier?
I find myself struggling with that very issue. Sometimes you need someone to stop and tell you where you are!
It’s really fantastic innovation … you drive without worry, because navigation will lead you to the exact address … although it sometimes can lead you to the wrong path … this has happened to me
it can, there is a technology shift that occurred recently (literally within the last year) that fixed some GPS issues.
I turn my locations off my phone when I am out, and enjoy the freedom!
Sometimes getting lost is a good thing!
My husband argues with gps. Things seem a lot simpler just to be lost and eventually find it.
Way back in the origin of GPS technology, I used to argue with the directions the GPS provided.