Thursday 3 July 2008

Pedestrian GPS

I can think of a few situations when GPS in my phone would have been very useful. Before I had a car, during my university days, occasionally I had to take public transport to odd areas of town for a meeting or a party. My usual practice was to print a list of the bus stops and sit near the front of the vehicle ticking them off on a clipboard as we passed, then using printed directions from WhereIs.com to find my way after that. With GPS, I could have just kept track of our position on my phone, got off the bus and headed along as directed. Easy.

Mokalus of Borg

PS - Or "easier".
PPS - Assuming it's accurate and the batteries hold out, too.

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