Originally Posted by
pdlamb
I'm pretty sure you've used a GPS with turn-by-turn guidance. The device has an audible alarm, and up pops one or more directions. You read the direction and follow it. There may or may not be an Ikea-style picture showing. Why should you believe the Ikea icon if you can read English?
I don’t rely on it. I find TBT generally works fine but it’s sometimes confusing. I find it rarely wrong. (Other people might see more problems with that.)
I look at the map.
It’s easy to look at the map.
I think it’s less effective not to look at the map.
Looking at the map avoids the you are talking about.
It’s not hard.
I think part of the problem is using the GPS the same way as they do in a car. The approach needed is different.
Many people (like yourself), I suspect, see GPS as “TBT”. It doesn’t have to be. You don’t need to use TBT at all. One nice things about GPS is that it’s a couple of different modalities at the same time (that provides a backup).
I tend to look at the map when driving too.