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GPS Will Make Only Some of Us Dumb
by Andrew McCaskey
The article today speculates that the increased availability of GPS, especially on smartphones such as the iPhone 3G will quickly reduce the minimal number of people walking, driving or flying that have a good sense of direction.
I’ve often wondered how much, on the ground our military depends upon GPS and technology driven geographic information systems as opposed to good old fashioned situational awareness and reliance on good maps.
The point of the article is that laziness and distraction are going to quickly remove the art of map reading and orienting to the ground truth from both military and civilian populations.
I think that’s probably going to happen. Most especially it is going to happen to those who weren’t paying attention anyway. The rest of us are going to be fine.
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