Comments on: Why GPS will Never Replace Maps http://ogremkv.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/why-gps-will-never-replace-maps/ ...Because I'm not a Teacher Anymore Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:18:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: GPS Passion » Poor mans GPS: a paper map http://ogremkv.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/why-gps-will-never-replace-maps/#comment-4102 GPS Passion » Poor mans GPS: a paper map Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:41:15 +0000 http://ogremkv.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/why-gps-will-never-replace-maps/#comment-4102 [...] articles: GPS Review Geo Factor Cartography SlashDot Connecting the Dots The Secret Life of a Teacher [...] [...] articles: GPS Review Geo Factor Cartography SlashDot Connecting the Dots The Secret Life of a Teacher [...]

]]> By: In a world of electronics, why we still learn the map and compass « Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub http://ogremkv.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/why-gps-will-never-replace-maps/#comment-2045 In a world of electronics, why we still learn the map and compass « Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:03:26 +0000 http://ogremkv.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/why-gps-will-never-replace-maps/#comment-2045 [...] apart from plotting the Sweet Tea Line, there is this:  Batteries die.  Wonderful post at the secret life of a [...] [...] apart from plotting the Sweet Tea Line, there is this:  Batteries die.  Wonderful post at the secret life of a [...]

]]> By: Ed Darrell http://ogremkv.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/why-gps-will-never-replace-maps/#comment-2043 Ed Darrell Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:17:35 +0000 http://ogremkv.wordpress.com/2007/06/16/why-gps-will-never-replace-maps/#comment-2043 Power failure! Of course. When I read the title, I didn't imagine anything so simple. Reminds me of a story I heard about a sub in for the drafting teacher. Everything is CAD these days -- fancy computers and screens. But the work was top-notch. The sub explained that when he took drafting, electronic calculators weren't even on the horizon. One of the kids rolled his eyes and said that at the first of the year the drafting teacher had made them do everything in ink, by hand. For six weeks, he said, they struggled. Then the teacher brought out the computers, and were the students glad! Knowing the history is always a huge advantage. Power failure! Of course. When I read the title, I didn’t imagine anything so simple.

Reminds me of a story I heard about a sub in for the drafting teacher. Everything is CAD these days — fancy computers and screens. But the work was top-notch. The sub explained that when he took drafting, electronic calculators weren’t even on the horizon. One of the kids rolled his eyes and said that at the first of the year the drafting teacher had made them do everything in ink, by hand. For six weeks, he said, they struggled. Then the teacher brought out the computers, and were the students glad!

Knowing the history is always a huge advantage.

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