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Forum: Campfire

03-28-2016, 09:34 AM

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Your GPS Is Wrong

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Posted By rionapo

An update on blaming GPS NAV for human stupidity:...

An update on blaming GPS NAV for human stupidity: Do not blame Google Maps when you tear down the wrong house...

Forum: Campfire

01-28-2016, 07:54 PM

Replies: 21

Your GPS Is Wrong

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Posted By rionapo

He started his talk by asking everyone to close...

He started his talk by asking everyone to close their eyes and point north. Then open them and see how many directions the hands were choosing. I'd say fewer than half pointed north; maybe less than...

Forum: Campfire

01-28-2016, 07:11 PM

Replies: 21

Your GPS Is Wrong

Views: 3,592

Posted By rionapo

Could be, though I've had plenty of...

Could be, though I've had plenty of mis-directions from GPS NAV units, especially in cities. And, there's always the tale of the 900 mile drive across Europe based on GPS NAV directions, though one...

Forum: Campfire

01-24-2016, 03:56 AM

Replies: 21

Your GPS Is Wrong

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Posted By rionapo

In the talk, he was more interested in wayfinding...

In the talk, he was more interested in wayfinding as a mental process and as a natural adaptation to human environments. The GPS comment was shooting fish in a barrel: how moderns are losing the...

Forum: Campfire

01-21-2016, 09:10 PM

Replies: 21

Your GPS Is Wrong

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Posted By rionapo

Your GPS Is Wrong

Just went to a great talk by John Huth, a physics prof at Harvard University (and former chair of the dept.) on a very non-physics topic, his book The Lost Art of Finding Our Way...

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