MAP vs. GPS: contemplating the advantages of manually activated positioning (MAP) vs. global positioning satellite (GPS) methods as maps have been around for 4,500 years, while GPS is a somewhat more recent concept.(Road tales)

Publication: Rider

Publication Date: 01-APR-05

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There is a big difference between knowing where you are going, and understanding which is the best route to get there. If you are in a hurry, you want efficiency. If you are traveling, out to see the country, the world, you want scenic, you want interesting--you want the byway, not the highway.

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The basis of traveling, whether it's getting to your old army buddy's house in a strange city or going from Cairo to Cape Town, is knowing both where you are and where you are going. Let's say your buddy lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, and you're at the Interstate 95 welcome center near Jessup. The place has lots of maps, lots of info, and with a highlighter pen the woman behind the counter shows you how to continue down I-95, west on Interstate 495, south on U.S. 29, left on State Highway 391, and then a right on Greenbrier Drive.

Even I, with my addled brain and lack of neural coordination, can remember four directions, as I take one last...

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