Current Events > How did people even take road trips before GPS navigation?

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SaltyWet 06/07/20 5:29:58 PM #1:	I can't even read a road map. --- SaltyWet <cite>SaltyWet posted [p:940323998] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>I can't even read a road map. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SSJKirby 06/07/20 5:30:19 PM #2:	by being able to read a road map --- Not changing this signature until Beyond Good and Evil 2 is in my hand. August 25th, 2010. <cite>SSJKirby posted [p:940324015] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>by being able to read a road map </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 06/07/20 5:31:37 PM #3:	I remember my folks and family using those 400 page foldout maps. The ones where ypu had to pull over and memorize your routes at the rest stops. --- Team Coco <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:940324052] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>I remember my folks and family using those 400 page foldout maps. The ones where ypu had to pull over and memorize your routes at the rest stops. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Irony 06/07/20 5:31:41 PM #4:	Reading signs --- I am Mogar, God of Irony and The Devourer of Topics. <cite>Irony posted [p:940324055] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Reading signs </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AbstraktProfSC2 06/07/20 5:33:12 PM #5:	just before GPS became widely accessible I used Google Maps and printed out the directions --- Talk about backseat fishing. highpathetic <cite>AbstraktProfSC2 posted [p:940324114] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>just before GPS became widely accessible I used Google Maps and printed out the directions </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SaltyWet 06/07/20 5:34:29 PM #6:	AbstraktProfSC2 posted... just before GPS became widely accessible I used Google Maps and printed out the directions What if you missed a turn? --- SaltyWet <cite>SaltyWet posted [p:940324158] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>AbstraktProfSC2 posted... </cite> <quote>just before GPS became widely accessible I used Google Maps and printed out the directions</quote>What if you missed a turn? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jiek_Fafn 06/07/20 5:35:12 PM #7:	Mapquest gave us terrible step by step directions to get us in the area. Then we would call someone that actually knew where something was to get us the rest of the way. --- PSN: Jiek <cite>Jiek_Fafn posted [p:940324186] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Mapquest gave us terrible step by step directions to get us in the area. Then we would call someone that actually knew where something was to get us the rest of the way. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Freddie_Mercury 06/07/20 5:35:20 PM #8:	take a right, go for like 10 minutes, left when you see the big glowing sign, then you just go --- https://i.imgtc.com/eMQvkRJ.png https://i.imgtc.ws/l86HyIt.png <cite>Freddie_Mercury posted [p:940324189] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>take a right, go for like 10 minutes, left when you see the big glowing sign, then you just go</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeonOctopus 06/07/20 5:38:44 PM #9:	Get road maps from visitor centers and use them >_> --- https://imgur.com/7nfPhE2 <cite>NeonOctopus posted [p:940324317] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Get road maps from visitor centers and use them >_> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NeonOctopus 06/07/20 5:39:42 PM #10:	God, I remember that weird middle time between no internet and GPS where we would print out step by step directions from Map Quest and hope we stayed on the right route lol --- https://imgur.com/7nfPhE2 <cite>NeonOctopus posted [p:940324345] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>God, I remember that weird middle time between no internet and GPS where we would print out step by step directions from Map Quest and hope we stayed on the right route lol </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthDemented 06/07/20 5:40:54 PM #11:	Jiek_Fafn posted... Mapquest gave us terrible step by step directions to get us in the area. Then we would call someone that actually knew where something was to get us the rest of the way. I remember how crappy MapQuest was. I remember my parents having the CD ROM of it. --- boobies... <cite>DarthDemented posted [p:940324386] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Jiek_Fafn posted... </cite> <quote>Mapquest gave us terrible step by step directions to get us in the area. Then we would call someone that actually knew where something was to get us the rest of the way.</quote>I remember how crappy MapQuest was. I remember my parents having the CD ROM of it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AmericaTheBrave 06/07/20 5:41:02 PM #12:	SSJKirby posted... by being able to read a road map This. It used to be an actual skill. --- https://imgur.com/Asq1ds6 <cite>AmericaTheBrave posted [p:940324390] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>SSJKirby posted... </cite> <quote>by being able to read a road map</quote> This. It used to be an actual skill. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
K181 06/07/20 5:42:54 PM #13:	Reading a map is easy and most major roads have signs giving distances and pre-warnings about turns. You're just not used to it, but it's not rocket science. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:940324446] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Reading a map is easy and most major roads have signs giving distances and pre-warnings about turns. You're just not used to it, but it's not rocket science. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AmericaTheBrave 06/07/20 5:43:10 PM #14:	Anyone miss the "men never ask for directions" joke? GPS killed that hard. --- https://imgur.com/Asq1ds6 <cite>AmericaTheBrave posted [p:940324460] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Anyone miss the "men never ask for directions" joke? GPS killed that hard. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Vicious_Dios 06/07/20 5:43:45 PM #15:	MapsCo I miss those grid books. --- S / K / Y / N / E Twitch/YouTube/GT: *Adzeta* <cite>Vicious_Dios posted [p:940324477] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>MapsCo I miss those grid books. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Prismsblade 06/07/20 5:57:23 PM #16:	SaltyWet posted... I can't even read a road map. It's not hard on the open road so long as you know your general location, the road you're on and the direction your destination is. --- 3DS FC:3368-5403-9633 Name: Kaizer PSN: Blackkaizer <cite>Prismsblade posted [p:940324984] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>SaltyWet posted... </cite> <quote>I can't even read a road map.</quote>It's not hard on the open road so long as you know your general location, the road you're on and the direction your destination is. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Politics 06/07/20 6:15:52 PM #17:	Seriously I just drove from Indianapolis, IN to Flagstaff, AZ a few weeks ago and even with my GPS I made some wrong turns. I might just be an idiot though. --- (= <cite>Politics posted [p:940325701] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Seriously I just drove from Indianapolis, IN to Flagstaff, AZ a few weeks ago and even with my GPS I made some wrong turns. I might just be an idiot though. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AbstraktProfSC2 06/07/20 6:25:29 PM #18:	AbstraktProfSC2 posted... just before GPS became widely accessible I used Google Maps and printed out the directions I think I was thinking of MapQuest SaltyWet posted... What if you missed a turn? Its not too hard to know if you missed your exit...theyre numbered If youre not on the highway/freeway Id just ask gas stations attendants for help to get back on track. They tend to know the areas well --- Talk about backseat fishing. highpathetic <cite>AbstraktProfSC2 posted [p:940326106] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>AbstraktProfSC2 posted... </cite> <quote>just before GPS became widely accessible I used Google Maps and printed out the directions</quote>I think I was thinking of MapQuest SaltyWet posted... </cite> <quote>What if you missed a turn?</quote> Its not too hard to know if you missed your exit...theyre numbered If youre not on the highway/freeway Id just ask gas stations attendants for help to get back on track. They tend to know the areas well </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
fjb 06/07/20 6:41:43 PM #19:	Politics posted... Seriously I just drove from Indianapolis, IN to Flagstaff, AZ a few weeks ago and even with my GPS I made some wrong turns. I might just be an idiot though. Drove from Mass to DC and did the same lol. --- Focus. <cite>fjb posted [p:940326759] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Politics posted... </cite> <quote>Seriously I just drove from Indianapolis, IN to Flagstaff, AZ a few weeks ago and even with my GPS I made some wrong turns. I might just be an idiot though.</quote>Drove from Mass to DC and did the same lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Unsugarized_Foo 06/07/20 6:43:57 PM #20:	I remember printing directions once. I missed a turn and I was fucked --- "All I have is my balls and my word, and I don't break them for anyone!"-Tony Montana <cite>Unsugarized_Foo posted [p:940326849] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>I remember printing directions once. I missed a turn and I was fucked </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Anticyclonic 06/07/20 6:44:20 PM #21:	Maps. Lol You can't read a map cuz you don't have to. Had you been born earlier, you'd probably have learned to read paper maps. --- If this signature appears blue, you need to consider not doing whatever it is you're doing. <cite>Anticyclonic posted [p:940326860] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Maps. Lol You can't read a map cuz you don't have to. Had you been born earlier, you'd probably have learned to read paper maps. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
tiornys 06/07/20 7:12:42 PM #22:	I had a temp job once quick-delivering products that were being sold over the phone by some telemarketing company. They'd hire locals in whatever city they were calling because the locals had the knowledge of where things were in that city. These days they'd just have some traveling employees use Google Maps (or just use Amazon, but whatever). <cite>tiornys posted [p:940328102] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>I had a temp job once quick-delivering products that were being sold over the phone by some telemarketing company. They'd hire locals in whatever city they were calling because the locals had the knowledge of where things were in that city. These days they'd just have some traveling employees use Google Maps (or just use Amazon, but whatever). </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SmidgeIsntBack 06/07/20 7:15:04 PM #23:	When I drove cross country a few years ago, AAA printed out two or three books of directions to my destinations. I think if I'd known ahead of time how much paper they were going to waste, I would have just gotten some maps together combined with Google if I got really lost. --- Podcast/Audiobook Board https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/1364- View my ASCII art and others' at https://thenewhotness.info/ <cite>SmidgeIsntBack posted [p:940328207] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>When I drove cross country a few years ago, AAA printed out two or three books of directions to my destinations. I think if I'd known ahead of time how much paper they were going to waste, I would have just gotten some maps together combined with Google if I got really lost. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
El Mexicano Texano 06/07/20 7:30:45 PM #24:	Key maps and maps. Not hard to understand at all.....I was cruising with friends back in high school around 02-06 never got lost at all.....how the fuck can you not read a map? You play video games just view it as if you're in birdseyes view --- http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn255/5EMTwE/GFaqs/Houston.jpg <cite>El Mexicano Texano posted [p:940328862] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Key maps and maps. Not hard to understand at all.....I was cruising with friends back in high school around 02-06 never got lost at all.....how the fuck can you not read a map? You play video games just view it as if you're in birdseyes view </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CommunismFTW 06/07/20 7:31:24 PM #25:	Jiek_Fafn posted... Mapquest --- Since only from below can one better see the heights. https://imgur.com/OhZgm <cite>CommunismFTW posted [p:940328896] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Jiek_Fafn posted... </cite> <quote>Mapquest</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
furb 06/07/20 7:36:20 PM #26:	road maps, landmarks, and ask for directions there's a reason the trope of men not asking for direction exists, it's a reference to this --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane <cite>furb posted [p:940329112] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>road maps, landmarks, and ask for directions there's a reason the trope of men not asking for direction exists, it's a reference to this </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DevsBro 06/07/20 7:38:36 PM #27:	SaltyWet posted... What if you missed a turn? You either died or got back to the highway. --- 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 <cite>DevsBro posted [p:940329223] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>SaltyWet posted... </cite> <quote>What if you missed a turn?</quote>You either died or got back to the highway. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
UnholyMudcrab 06/07/20 7:39:02 PM #28:	Take the road down that way, yeah? You go down a scootch, and when you see the house with the green roof where the Mitchells used to live, you turn down the road over on the right and go all the way down till you see the place with the biiiiig ol' sycamore tree out front. Now, it's not that one, but the one two houses down, the one across from the dog that'll take a bite outta ya if you're not careful. --- https://imgur.com/VeNBg https://imgur.com/gd5jC8q https://imgur.com/PKIy7 https://imgur.com/3p29JqP <cite>UnholyMudcrab posted [p:940329244] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Take the road down that way, yeah? You go down a scootch, and when you see the house with the green roof where the Mitchells used to live, you turn down the road over on the right and go all the way down till you see the place with the biiiiig ol' sycamore tree out front. Now, it's not that one, but the one two houses down, the one across from the dog that'll take a bite outta ya if you're not careful.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hockeybub89 06/07/20 7:48:57 PM #29:	Rand McNally 4 Life --- http://card.psnprofiles.com/1/NIR_Hockey.png http://www.last.fm/user/hockeybub89/ <cite>hockeybub89 posted [p:940329678] in How did pe... [t:78753534]...</cite> <quote>Rand McNally 4 Life </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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