How are your map reading skills? Are you handy with a map or terrible? Have you ever gotten terribly lost due to your map reading inadequacies?

JDInteractive said:

Two words.
Amsterdam.




I got lost there like every five minutes.
My map literally fell apart at the end of my trip...

After I got this baby, all my navigation problems were solved.

ArielB said:

Would have gotten very lost in San Francisco if we did not have one of these in our rental car

ArielB said:

I want one of those.



I'm actually pretty good with maps, although, I rarely use them because I don't travel into unknown areas very often.

I am very handy with a map.

I am a master navigator.

CarrieMpls said:

Ditto.

rushing07 said:

Amsterdam you say? And your map fell apart did it?

This reminds me of a story. RodeoSchro could very well be dead today because of maps.

In 1987, a customer at a bank where I worked came to me with an idea. He wanted to develop some kind of apparatus that could display maps in cars. We called it the "Computer map" project.

We went to Texas Instruments and spent time with their chip builders. We found some NASA cartographers. We put a lot of effort into the project. Unfortunately, we found the technology did exist but at the time, was too expensive to work commercially.

So, the project died. The customer went on to an insurance deal with another partner.

That partner ended up dead. They found his body in the trunk of his car. They found most of his blood at my old customer's house. The guy had purchased a key man life insurance on his partner, then killed him to collect the death benefit.

So how does this translate to me being glad to be alive? During the course of our "Computer map" project, I had started the process - suggested by the customer - of getting a key man life insurance policy on me.

I had also been to the guy's house. I actually sat in the chair where the insurance partner was later murdered.

I sometimes wonder how close I really came to ending up in the trunk of a car.

jess555ja said:

Costco will have a great deal on these in March, $250.00 instead of $399.99
I bought one of these for my mom for X-mas it's really good!

veronikka said:

Excellent



That'll come in handy 'cause I've got some trips planned for this year

I am a great navigator. I very rarely get lost.




Funny that you picked that map JD. I used to live right there in Mountain View. Lived there for 2 years.

my map reading skills are pretty good, I've never gotten lost following a map... at least I haven't so far.

my map skills are good...I have a great sense of direction...I'm a firm believer that it's impossible to get lost....people just don't pay attention...

I get lost in the town I grew up in.....so my skills suck

As long as I don't leave the house,
I kick ass at navigating.

I have no sense of direction. The thought of driving in an unknown area makes me want to cry.

you don't get lost if you got me and a map with you!

JuliePurplehead said:

I have no sense of direction either .

It's all about connecting the map to point of interest in the area and only really using the map for the last mile or so.

I never get lost ...