-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Is GPS All in Our Heads? Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:24:19 +0200 From: Ekrem ALIMLI <[log in to unmask]> To: 'Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship' <[log in to unmask]> I want to make an addition with a news on Daily Mail, sorry for the crossposting. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1315762/White-van-man-airlifted-safety-satnav-sends-mountain.html "Use GPS but always keep a map with you..." Ekrem ALIMLI www.pusulaharita.com -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 5:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Is GPS All in Our Heads? -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Is GPS All in Our Heads? Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:05:39 -0700 From: Mark Walker <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> The database of businesses that comes on your GPS is the selling point. It is remarkable how well this is organized for us. It is not meant as a replacement for maps but as a compliment to them. I have never had a customer for a Mexico GPS map tell me that they had no other maps for their trip. Mark Walker Another Army Brat Sent from my iPhone On Feb 6, 2012, at 7:48 AM, "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library,UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Is GPS All in Our Heads? > Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:42:29 -0500 (EST) > From: Paige G Andrew <[log in to unmask]> > To: Air Photo Maps, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]> > > > Thanks for sharing this Joel. And..."amen" to Julie! I totally agree, > especially in the context of moving around in an urban environment, but > also even to mentally grasp the road networks across regions, states or > the country. For me, as an Army brat having moved multiple times across > country growing up, and then adding many experieces as an adult on my > own road trips, another advantage to building and growing our mental > maps is that it also builds self-confidence (and paper maps or road > atlases still work beautifully for this today). If I had to jump in my > car today and drive, say, to Gillette, Wyoming, I wouldn't give it a > second thought because I know it lies on I-90 and I've driven the > upper-midsection of the U.S. several times. GPS is a great tool, very > helpful in a variety of situations, but if one totally relies on it (and > the errors in the data that do lead people astray, sometimes tragically) > they lack the context of the environment they're in. > > Paige > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 9:13:31 AM > Subject: Is GPS All in Our Heads? > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Is GPS All in Our Heads? > Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:26:46 -0500 > From: Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > > > > From Saturday's _NY Times_: > <http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/opinion/sunday/is-gps-all-in-our-head.html?ref=opinion>. > > A brief paragraph from the article by Julia Frankenstein: > > If maps help us, what is the problem with GPS? A lot: in my opinion, > it is likely that the more we rely on technology to find our way, > the less we build up our cognitive maps. Unlike a city map, a GPS > device normally provides bare-bones route information, without the > spatial context of the whole area. We see the way from A to Z, but > we don’t see the landmarks along the way. Developing a cognitive map > from this reduced information is a bit like trying to get an entire > musical piece from a few notes. > > Joel Kovarsky __________ ESET NOD32 Antivirus Akll Gvenlik tarafndan salanan bilgiler, virs imza veritaban srm: 6862 (20120206) __________ leti ESET NOD32 Antivirus Akll Gvenlik tarafndan denetlendi. http://www.nod32.com.tr __________ ESET NOD32 Antivirus Akýllý Güvenlik tarafýndan saðlanan bilgiler, virüs imza veritabaný sürümü: 6862 (20120206) __________ Ýleti ESET NOD32 Antivirus Akýllý Güvenlik tarafýndan denetlendi. http://www.nod32.com.tr