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Anybody have a backup plan?
- Thread starter Joe Nerve
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Here in Vegas, Mapquest used to be perfect. Never a hitch. Then, several years ago, the unthinkable occurred. The visuals changed, and nothing worked the way it should anymore. Mapquest remains next to useless to this day. What happened?
Don't you also need a highly accurate clock (they used to be called chronographs) synced to GMT for longitude?
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Yep. We should forget cars, too. Then we wouldnt have any of these problems.
I'm astounded how many feel that maps are the best way to go. And the suggestion keeps getting given with an attitude behind it, too
...I'd love to challenge anyone in my situation to do things more efficiently with a map than with Waze and a backup. Trust me, that's not happening. Not with the gig schedule and traveling I do. I have friends who shun technology and refuse to use Navigation. I get to places long before they do, and don't have to go through all the dangerous BS they do making sure they dont miss a turn or exit while referring to their maps or written directions while driving. AND, if I make wrong turn, I'm back on track in 5 minutes. I don't have to pull over, get the map out, turn on the lights, write things down, remember what I'm doing....
You guys are welcome to do that if you like. Its not happening with me.
After reading through this I'm doing one of 2 things. If I'm stuck I'll drop into a gas station and use their wifi to get directions on my iPad (which I mentioned is always with me), or I'll buy that backup Garmin that I spoke about in my first post.
Das all. I should probably get out of here now. I'm sitting outside of Joe Pops at the Jersey Shore - which Waze got me to w no problem. Ya can stop in and argue with me if you're around here and want to. I'm the guy playing bass
.Have a great night, ya'll.
Get a phone charger, just a cable that plugs into your car's cigarette lighter port... Or get one of those dedicated phone charger battery packs. They're rechargeable Lithium batteries with ports (USB, Apple, etc.) for charging various devices.
In 2019, especially if you're in a car, there is no reason for you to have your phone lose power.
Related, apps like Waze eat fully charged phones very rapidly when they're used, perhaps in 2-3 hours.
In 2019, especially if you're in a car, there is no reason for you to have your phone lose power.
Related, apps like Waze eat fully charged phones very rapidly when they're used, perhaps in 2-3 hours.
I always have a car charger and a street atlas in the car. When going to a place that I've never been before, I consult the atlas to determine the general direction of the area. Then, once in that area, another look at the atlas usually takes me to the address.
My backup plan is Waze.
I love motorcyle riding, several years ago I had to take an extra 5 hrs of riding cause I followed a direction of a gps map...and it was not in a city, it was in a remote rural area, on a bad road.
The stupid part was I had a paper map right there in my tank bag, but I chose the gps over it. Lessons learned. Ever since, I never rely on a gps map anymore.
My backup plan is Waze.
I love motorcyle riding, several years ago I had to take an extra 5 hrs of riding cause I followed a direction of a gps map...and it was not in a city, it was in a remote rural area, on a bad road.
The stupid part was I had a paper map right there in my tank bag, but I chose the gps over it. Lessons learned. Ever since, I never rely on a gps map anymore.
I use Apple maps because it works well with my vehicle’s Apple Car Play... but I should start using Waze since it’s so interactive.
Fortunately my car has a usb which does a good job charging the phone to & from gigs. Backup plan is my iPad which has 4G LTE plus a ton of MP3s for a funky good time.
Fortunately my car has a usb which does a good job charging the phone to & from gigs. Backup plan is my iPad which has 4G LTE plus a ton of MP3s for a funky good time.
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Hopefully. On the other hand, if for some reason the geomagnetic field reversal occurred rapidly enough, such rapid movement of the geomagnetic lines of force would induce an unimaginable electromagnetic force in all electrical conductors and semiconductors that would fry every microprocessor and melt or vaporize every transmission line on the planet. Same if the geomagnetic field rapidly collapsed. Both events would bring with them additional titanic effects, the combined effects of which would probably totally wreck you plans for the weekend.
Historically, in 1859 a large solar coronal mass ejection (CME) struck the earth and telegraph operators were electrocuted due to the huge voltage and current levels induced on the telegraph lines of the day. If something like that happened today, you can kiss GPS goodbye along with probably the power grid and certainly everything that runs on an unprotected microprocessor. A gigantic CME occurred I'm pretty sure in 2000 that missed the earth, but reportedly would have been even more devastating than the one that happened in 1859, had the planet received the full force of it. Just saying.
You may want to live your life to the fullest today. Because you don't know if your going to be here tomorrow.
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If people don’t mention maps, does it mean they don’t know they exist?
Here’s the issue as I see it. You might lose battery, cellular and gps. Cheap map costs what $3? Why the hate then? It is a “backup plan” after all? To me a backup plan should be foolproof. Added bonus being that if you end up using it, you might actually look at the map before you start driving and actually know where you are instead of following a robot, ending up at your destination but actually not having a clue where you are. But do what you want. I use Waze or Google Maps 99% of the time myself; I’m no luddite, but I’m not a Luddite for having a map in the glove box either.Yep. We should forget cars, too. Then we wouldnt have any of these problems.
I'm astounded how many feel that maps are the best way to go. And the suggestion keeps getting given with an attitude behind it, too
I'd love to challenge anyone in my situation to do things more efficiently with a map than with Waze and a backup. Trust me, that's not happening. Not with the gig schedule and traveling I do. I have friends who shun technology and refuse to use Navigation. I get to places long before they do, and don't have to go through all the dangerous BS they do making sure they dont miss a turn or exit while referring to their maps or written directions while driving. AND, if I make wrong turn, I'm back on track in 5 minutes. I don't have to pull over, get the map out, turn on the lights, write things down, remember what I'm doing....
You guys are welcome to do that if you like. Its not happening with me.
After reading through this I'm doing one of 2 things. If I'm stuck I'll drop into a gas station and use their wifi to get directions on my iPad (which I mentioned is always with me), or I'll buy that backup Garmin that I spoke about in my first post.
Das all. I should probably get out of here now. I'm sitting outside of Joe Pops at the Jersey Shore - which Waze got me to w no problem. Ya can stop in and argue with me if you're around here and want to. I'm the guy playing bass
Have a great night, ya'll.
^This.
If going someplace you’ve never gone before it also doesn’t hurt to review a map and get a general sense of the overall route and major turnings before heading out.
I’m so obsessive at times that if my IT business had an initial meeting with a very important brand new client in an unfamiliar location, we’d sometimes even do an advance “recon run” to get the lay of the land before the appointment date.
And it paid off. One thing that especially impressed our customers was that we were always (and I mean always) on time. That reputation earned us a lot of referrals and additional business.
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Yep. We should forget cars, too. Then we wouldnt have any of these problems.
I'm astounded how many feel that maps are the best way to go. And the suggestion keeps getting given with an attitude behind it, too
I'd love to challenge anyone in my situation to do things more efficiently with a map than with Waze and a backup. Trust me, that's not happening. Not with the gig schedule and traveling I do. I have friends who shun technology and refuse to use Navigation. I get to places long before they do, and don't have to go through all the dangerous BS they do making sure they dont miss a turn or exit while referring to their maps or written directions while driving. AND, if I make wrong turn, I'm back on track in 5 minutes. I don't have to pull over, get the map out, turn on the lights, write things down, remember what I'm doing....
You guys are welcome to do that if you like. Its not happening with me.
After reading through this I'm doing one of 2 things. If I'm stuck I'll drop into a gas station and use their wifi to get directions on my iPad (which I mentioned is always with me), or I'll buy that backup Garmin that I spoke about in my first post.
Das all. I should probably get out of here now. I'm sitting outside of Joe Pops at the Jersey Shore - which Waze got me to w no problem. Ya can stop in and argue with me if you're around here and want to. I'm the guy playing bass
Have a great night, ya'll.
Joe, isn't TB the world of tubes>transistors, transistors>OP amps, class AB> class D, linear PS>SWPS, Alnico>ceramic, ceramic>neo, analog>digital, vintage>new?
Did you honestly expect GPS to win out over archaic navigation?
I kinda suspected a pole reversal would cause a few additional casualties, as would extreme solar activity. Though navigation may not our first priority at that point.
I still have in my trunk one of those map books of the the US. I know you're old enough to remember those Joe
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