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So I saw this thing on a map, and...

lee4hmzlee4hmz
in Chocolate
...it reminded me of somebody I used to know. 

you didn't have to FOLD ME UP 

put me in the glovebox while you use your Garmin
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  • Yarrun XIXYarrun XIX
    Whores! we want "poems that kill."
    Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
    guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
    and take their weapons leaving them dead
    There Was A Version Of That Song That Was On Grooveshark

    Now it's gone and I'll never see it again
  • BeeBee
    It's funnier when you realize Garmins are pretty much outdated too since smartphones can do the same thing with a longer battery and less freeze-prone OS.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    GPSes have built in voice readout and bigger screens and often things for mounting them in one's car.

    Also they're dedicated mapping devices, as opposed to having to co-opt my phone to do it and do it less satisfactorily.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    glennmagusharvey said:

    GPSes have built in voice readout and bigger screens and often things for mounting them in one's car.

    Also they're dedicated mapping devices, as opposed to having to co-opt my phone to do it and do it less satisfactorily.

    You really do enjoy being contrary for the sake of being contrary don't you?
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2015-12-07 21:59:39
    Central Avenue said:

    glennmagusharvey said:

    GPSes have built in voice readout and bigger screens and often things for mounting them in one's car.

    Also they're dedicated mapping devices, as opposed to having to co-opt my phone to do it and do it less satisfactorily.

    You really do enjoy being contrary for the sake of being contrary don't you?
    But it's true!  I still do in fact keep a GPS in my car and I don't use my phone as a GPS, for precisely those reasons!
  • CalicaCalica
    edited 2015-12-07 23:04:16
    Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.
    smartphones have built-in voice readout too, there are devices with bigger screens, things for mounting them on your car are like five dollars, and being a dedicated mapping device mostly means not having an internet connection and thus not having up-to-date maps in my experience
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Calica said:

    smartphones have built-in voice readout too, there are devices with bigger screens, things for mounting them on your car are like five dollars, and being a dedicated mapping device mostly means not having an internet connection and thus not having up-to-date maps in my experience

    oh fine

    regardless though i'm quite satisfied with the GPS that I have and I plan on continuing to use it

    if I didn't have one I might have to make do with my phone though

    also phones with bigger screens are harder to fit in one's pocket so there's a trade-off there

    plus, if i lose one device i don't lose everything if it's all spread over multiple devices
  • BeeBee
    edited 2015-12-08 00:36:49
    Yeah dedicated GPS has to download updates, and they usually charge out the ass for them.

    Also my mother's GPS freezes constantly.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    My GPS actually has lifetime maps and I just haven't updatd them yet.
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I am gonna surprise nobody and mention that I don't tend to use GPS, even on my phone.

    I've lived in Columbus my entire life and spent a good part of my childhood studying street maps for fun, so I usually have a pretty good general idea of where places are. When it comes to minor subdivision streets and such, I just consult Google Maps (or my dead tree maps if I'm feeling nostalgic) before I leave and that tends to be good enough.

    I suppose it helps that I have that weird autistic power of being able to remember the layout of a neighborhood after only briefly looking at its map.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    I admit to using the GPS as a way of being lazy and not having to look up how to get somewhere if I'm in a hurry.

    Though normally when I go somewhere new I do look at it on a map first to get an idea of the spatial relationships between various features relevant to my journey.
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    Thing is, I will give GMH a point for convenience there. Google Maps on my M7 can route around bad triffic and doesn't need updating, but the C-Max's built-in navigation is better integrated with the car's steering wheel and voice controls. Also, I can use the radio while the built-in GPS is running, and not lose voice guidance; it's either-or with the phone, since I have to switch the source to Bluetooth audio (or mess with the Bluetooth settings on my phone, which is dumb).
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    That said, I will use Google Maps anyway if traffic is bad enough, since the "Avoid" function on the bult-in GPS isn't quite good enough (it knows about accidents, but doesn't have the real-time traffic flow data Google has). 
  • lee4hmzlee4hmz
    ⚠ THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS
    holy hell, this thread is dad joke prime

    also, it turns out my car's GPS does get traffic info via Sirius. I still end up using my phone, though.
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