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Thread ID: 128285	2012-12-10 19:24:00	Police concerns about Apple maps	gary67 (56)	PC World Chat

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1317553	2012-12-10 21:55:00	And they were awesome for whacking annoying passengers too without damaging the map book too badly Hehe. Unfortunately, tourists used to the kind of coverage that GP and 3G gets in Europe may not be prepared for the sheer vastness of Australia, and may not anticipate that a paper map is necessary. That's particularly true if they don't plan on straying from major roads - until their phone takes them off the beaten track unanticipatedly and then loses signal.	Zara Baxter (16260)
1317554	2012-12-10 22:13:00	See? Once again Apple's superior performance shows through. You don't have to go off the beaten track with all the flies, dust, heat, flies, snakes, flies etc. that such excursions entail. With your trusty iPad you can get completely and hopelessly lost without even bothering to get out of bed. P.S.; I am not one of those that would suggest that the iFficionados have irretrievably lost their way when they bought the thing. I may not survive a probable local uprising.	R2x1 (4628)
1317555	2012-12-10 22:15:00	And they were awesome for whacking annoying passengers too without damaging the map book too badly There's an app for that; iClout - - (c)(tm)(Pat. App. For in all known universes.)	R2x1 (4628)
1317556	2012-12-10 22:38:00	I seem to recall some useful product called paper maps. They were on the whole, more accurate than electronic maps and people would not simply follow them blindly when they said 'turn here' and there was no road ahead. You had to use some common sense to interpret them and use them. As long as you don't turn your brain off when you turn your GPS on you should be fine...	pcuser42 (130)
1317557	2012-12-10 22:50:00	As long as you don't turn your brain off when you turn your GPS on you should be fine... The problem is they do!	Agent_24 (57)
1317558	2012-12-10 23:23:00	The problem is they do! Well I don't :p	pcuser42 (130)
1317559	2012-12-15 19:25:00	I seem to recall some useful product called paper maps. They were on the whole, more accurate than electronic maps and people would not simply follow them blindly when they said 'turn here' and there was no road ahead. You had to use some common sense to interpret them and use them. They are indeed a VERY GOOD backup to have in the vehicle along with the ability to stop and ask that lone person who lives in the area for directions. Happens in New Zealand as well on how innacurate GPS maps are as we discoverd last week. Address we were looking for was not in the GPS memory and neither was a few of the roads in the immediate area. A few Quite a few I should say! Three differant versions of GPS used Tomtom, Navman and Garmin. Even checked on Google Mpas and that was a joke. The location for the Address ended up some 11kms from the physical location. The plus side is because we went via the GPS generated route which I checked against a REAL PAPER MAP and not the directions of the farmer we firstly shaved 10 minutes off the drive and actually drove past the address. Taking note of the rapid numbers gave us a clue things were not right along with the names of the road not as shown on the electronic map and irony the map we were using did not have named roads either. Throw in unable to phone a friend as no cellphone coverage and that common sense kicks in :)	coldfront (15814)
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