Tag Archives: navigation systems

Give the Gift of GPS

Anyone who knows me off line knows that I am horrible at navigating the actual 3-D world. I never seem to know where I am in space. Witness a drive I took as a young adult from New Hampshire to New York City. Somehow, I wound up on the outskirts of Cape Cod, Ma. Give me a nice subway or bus route, and I am happy, I can translate any two-dimensional public transportation squiggle on a map, no matter how it twists and turns. It is all getting from point A to Point B, right? But when I am on … Continue reading →

In-Car GPS Systems

I don’t know where I would be without our car’s GPS navigation system. No doubt I’d probably be somewhere in Cap Cod, Massachusetts, despite the fact that I live in suburban/rural Pennsylvania and was only trying to get to the grocery store. You see, I am one of those rare people that is directionally challenged. Tell me to turn right at the gas station, and I’ll probably turn left at the convenience store. I read somewhere that birds may have some sort of organ or dedicated area of their brains that can sense the north pole and is dedicated to … Continue reading →