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[BotsMaster]

How good are you at finding places without the use of GPS or maps?

 

[Frank Bunn]

How good are you at finding places without the use of GPS or maps?

******* hopeless! I once got lost in a girlfriend's house. We were in her bedroom and I nipped out to the lavvy. On the way back I took a wrong turn and I walk in on her parents in the lounge room. I'm like "hi".

Give me a map though and I'm a legend.

 

[Firestarter]

I have no chance.

 

[Smoooothy]

How good are you at finding places without the use of GPS or maps?

urbanely I'm terrible

in the country, I'm god like

 

[BotsMaster]

******* hopeless! I once got lost in a girlfriend's house. We were in her bedroom and I nipped out to the lavvy. On the way back I took a wrong turn and I walk in on her parents in the lounge room. I'm like "hi".

Give me a map though and I'm a legend.

Do you need a map with a legend and scale to your gf's house?

 

[perthblue]

i can barely even follow the GPS when the voice gives me step by step directions all the way

 

[Plugger35]

I have elite navigation skills providing I don't leave my own suburb.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

If I can have a look at the map before I start, then I can get there without having to consult the map again along the way.

 

[Scotland]

I know my way around the city and suburbs I'm familiar with, but if someone gave me an address in the Northern suburbs I wouldn't have a clue how to get there without looking at a map.

If it's just something like Freeway exit at Hutton St then take the third left then I'll wing it but if it's something suburban down 17 side streets then * it let the GPS do its thing.

 

[Mofra]

I'm a natural although have been hiking since I was young and often travel without a map so I feel trained.

Except for Stonetown in Zanzibar which is a nightmare labyrinth that no sane person can navigate without spending significant time there.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I couldn't do it if my life depended on it.

 

[akkaps]

I am the best at this. Provided I am able to search the place up on Google Maps before hand.

I look out for landmarks and other points of interest on the road to tell me where I need to go.

Also, I always know which way in North.

 

[Exe Gesis]

 

[rank and file]

I know celestial navigation,haven't had to use it yet.

 

[MrKK]

Pretty awesome, if I do say so myself. I once navigated a roadtrip around Italy using only a souvenir tea-towel. I don't feel comfortable if I don't know where I am so even as a passenger I'm making notes in my head for future reference.

 

[The Lemon]

Those new estates in outer south east Melbs are like hell. I can't navigate that s**t

 

[rocker_oz33]

I'm on holidays ATM so the GPS has been super handy finding motels etc.
I took the car last night to up the road to the supermarket to get milk etc,I was gone waay long the gf thought I got lost lol.
I didn't know how to get over the other side of the hiway,Oh there's a bridge I'm going over that yup worked a treat.

 

[Gigantic]

When travelling I usually use Google maps at the hostel to get a general idea of a landmark or sight then find a way to get within the general vicinity. Once I'm there I just wander and try to sniff out where I need to go. I do ok I guess.

 

[PP34]

City is fairly easy. Can walk around for a while and get a gist of where I am. Same with most suburbs and places like Richmond.

 

[little graham]

Can the mods change the title of the thread to

' post in here if you're useless and hopelessly addicted to technology "

 

[rocker_oz33]

Got lost in Canberra walking to the supermarket 2 ks away.
It was dark I'm shithouse in the dark.

 

[Elsker]

Got lost in Canberra walking to the supermarket 2 ks away.
It was dark I'm shithouse in the dark.

Got lost in a car park......... looking for my car

 

[rocker_oz33]

Got lost in a car park......... looking for my car

Did you have a fish and a big screen TV?.
.

 

[Demosthenes]

Melbourne is an incredibly sensibly-planned city, finding your way around is very logical. I always have a chuckle at how much Victorians struggle navigating in Sydney, which is a complete mess. None of the roads go where you'd expect them to go.

 

[tigertigertiger]

Melbourne is an incredibly sensibly-planned city, finding your way around is very logical. I always have a chuckle at how much Victorians struggle navigating in Sydney, which is a complete mess. None of the roads go where you'd expect them to go.

melbourne is not that well planned at all, confusion