GPS culture kills maps
GPS culture kills maps

Video: GPS culture kills maps

Video: GPS culture kills maps
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Surely you will think of course! So you no longer have to carry a lot of plans to orient yourself in case of getting lost or to plan the routes that you are going to do this weekend. But behind this accessory that suits us all so well is something else. According to a recent UK survey of 1,976 drivers under the age of 25 86% of those surveyed declare themselves unable to orient themselves with a map. Specifically, the question was whether they would be able to read a map and the answer was mostly no.

The next question is whether they had a GPS system in their car, to which 83% of those asked answered affirmatively. Only 24% admitted carrying a map in the car. The difference between 83% and 24%, I imagine they will be the ones who carry both things. Continuing with the survey, 74% stated that they do not consider it necessary to know how to read a map. 49% of those who use GPS admitted having lost on some occasion while going on a trip, 51% say that in that case they called their parents for help and 32% ended up asking a pedestrian. Of all stray drivers only 17% showed interest in learning to read a map to have resources in case it was lost again.

It is evident that GPS has opened a new world for us when it comes to traveling, since you set the destination for it and it alone is able to get you there without many problems, even allowing you to choose the type of roads to use or the intermediate points. But this has finished with that romantic part of the route planning, the search for information, the questions to the veterans to see if they remember any interesting place on that route, in short, with the playful part prior to any trip.

On the positive side now we no longer have to have the route stuck in the warehouse, or the map. We even know the exact distance to that gas station that we needed so much kilometers back and that now we have confirmation that we will arrive (or not). In short, the GPS is a very interesting help, but we should worry about how at school when they teach us to add by hand before letting us use the calculator. Maybe it would be interesting to teach people to read a map in addition to teaching them how to program a GPS. Don't you think?

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