Landmark Directions vs. GPS

I’m thinking about having some remodeling done around the house and have recently had contractors coming over to look over the job and give me quotes. Now, I should tell you that I live in a rural area but by no means the middle of nowhere. Yes, there are woods all around me but there is also a McDonalds about five minutes away. I guess I figure if a McDonalds is that close a GPS should be able to find me, right? Not so much.

I offered to give all of the contractors directions to my house based on really easy landmarks. Turn right at McDonalds, left at the church, right onto my road. About half of them listened to me and wrote down the directions the other  half told me they had a GPS and would be find. Want to guess which group found my house with no trouble every single time? That’s right, the landmark guys. About half of the GPS guys got totally lost because there are two similarly named streets in the area and they didn’t listen to my directions.

I’m going to chalk this up as a win for traditional directions. Stay tuned for the next epic geography battle.

Photo Credit: Are you my rik

August 19th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Uncategorized | (0)