Martin schreef:
> On 15 Nov 2006 02:27:31 -0800, jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >
> >Tim C. schreef:
> >
> >> Following up to jeremyrh.geo@yahoo.com :
> >>
> >> >
> >> >Tim C. schreef:
> >> >
> >> >> Following up to Mike Lane :
> >> >>
> >> >> >> How much did the sat nav cost you , plus map CDs etc?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >
> >> >> >That's an unreasonable comparison.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not at all. You're comparing the cost two navigation tools. Maps and a GPS
> >> >> system. You should include the total cost of each.
> >> >> 1) Maps, pencils and perhaps some paper to scribble on.
> >> >> 2) GPS unit, map data. Arguably a PC to plan your route comfortable at
> >> >> home as well.
> >> >
> >> >Since you have the PC already, that's not exactly fair. However, as
> >> >Mike said, if you include the cost of all the maps at equivalent level
> >> >of detail, then the GPS system is cheaper than paper for the UK alone.
> >> >I have maps for the whole of western Europe - I shudder to think how
> >> >much they would cost, even if they were available.
> >>
> >>
> >> You might have all this data at your fingertips, but unless you're an
> >> internationally door-to-door salesman, the chances are you won't /need/ it
> >> all. So could also argue that you only need buy the maps of where you're
> >> going to go.
> >
> >That's true, but even for occasional use you run into problems. For
> >example, last summer we went to Sardinia. Firstly, detailed maps of
> >Sardinia were not available locally here, and not apparent in Sardinia
> >[1]. No doubt they could be bought, if I'd been willing to spend my
> >holiday time traipsing round the larger cities. Secondly, as it turned
> >out, we needed the GPS when we got lost in torrential rain in Sassari -
> >a town we'd never intended to visit. What should we have done? - bought
> >detailed maps of the whole of northern Sardinia just-in-case?
> >
> >> I find that punching the target into the GPS will get me there just as well
> >> as a map. The difference being that using a map I develop a better
> >> knowledge of that area than I do with a GPS. An added bonus - for me - is
> >> that the mistakes I make using maps can lead me to some very interesting
> >> places I'd never have found if I'd taken the clinically correct route to my
> >> destination.
> >
> >Agreed. Plus - I like owning maps!!
> >
> >B;
> >
> >[1] someone will probably point out where I could have ordered them on
> >the internet - for which, "thanks", even if it does run counter to my
> >argument :-)
>
> Somebody will point out that the local post office has first pick of
> your mail.
>
> 2 magazines and a GBP15 book have disappeared without trace in the
> last 5 weeks.
Sounds familiar - our postman seems to have subscribed to National
Geographic. My copy.
B;
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