[ale] [OT] Please Help me with my homework

[Paul Cartwright]

On 4/1/2011 10:59 AM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
>> I wonder how the advent of the map direction GPS is influencing spatial 
>> > ability? (And lets not guess, research only...)
> Just like calculators have let my mental math skills get rusty, I find 
> that although I used to be really good about remembering directions 
> after one visit to a location, I now find I dig out the GPS for multiple 
> trips to the same location.  I now, consciously note the directions the 
> first time, and then don't use the GPS after that.
Unless I haven't been there before, I rarely use a GPS. For long trips,
where I have been there before, I use it to find gas stations, food, etc..
My wife has bad night vision, so it is beneficial for her to use it
every time she drives at night.  My Garmin is going on 5 years old, so
new roads & new points of interest are really lacking.. What I did for
my LAST trip to New Orleans, was, I googled the restaurant I wanted to
stop at ( cracker barrel ) to plot out where they were along the route
so I could better plan my meals:) . There is like 140 miles of barren
highway on I-65 south, between Montgomery & Mobile..

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Paul Cartwright