This is how I navigate:
I do use the iphone to locate my stay for the night.
I do use the iphone to locate my stay for the night.
How do you navigate
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They make an 8.5x11 atlas, I cut the spline and use the ones I need in the tank bag, sometimes numbered. I like G maps and use it the most on the phone. The GPS is usually set to map and I just use it to see what's around close. Google for directions, GPS for choices, paper for big picture. My favorite is none, just ride a bit then turn and turn and turn...
irunamok
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The annual Monarch butterfly migration to the same mountainous area in Mexico is another truly amazing phenomenon. I took my son one year to see it and, man, indescribable.
diferg
Dan & Ingrid
I don't like to trust a gps to take me to my destination on road trips. if i tell it to avoid highways who knows where it will send me. if I let it use highways it is interstate infusion. (I hate to ride interstate) I like to choose my route on the map and enter waypoints such as intersections or towns to stay on the route I prefer, including but not always alternate route to avoid towns / cities.
fear and getting lost are confounding variables; making a person [at least mathematically] 11 times 3 times more likely to make an error in judgement or execution of intent, unless of course one is tired or hungry or otherwise fatigued in the first place
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W0QNX no longer rides. I've damaged my right leg twice and can't risk a third accident.
But I did enjoy getting lost when I used to travel carelessly. This is way out there lost in NorthNorthWest Nevada. 4 miles from anyone else.
But I did enjoy getting lost when I used to travel carelessly. This is way out there lost in NorthNorthWest Nevada. 4 miles from anyone else.
Donk
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I take a look around, occasionally look at a paper map mostly head the direction I want to go. Sometimes I may not take the most direct route but I always get where I want to go. It's a motorcycle ride.
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irunamok
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I’m in the vast minority of people who really like the latest Apple Maps. Do I think google maps is better? Absolutely. I use it a lot, too. But I’ve really come around on Apple Maps. I like the interface better. I LOVE that they include a compass and I also like the button that toggles between current directions and the entire trip view. Pretty cool. If you haven’t tried Apple Maps lately, you might want to give it a try. It’s pretty great.
I can’t speak much to the camera damage that could come from using a phone mounted to handlebars…it’s a real thing. I’m upgrading my iPhone soon so I don’t care about that exposure on my current phone. When I get the new one, I’ll just use this one as my dedicated bike navigator. Anyway, there you go.
I can’t speak much to the camera damage that could come from using a phone mounted to handlebars…it’s a real thing. I’m upgrading my iPhone soon so I don’t care about that exposure on my current phone. When I get the new one, I’ll just use this one as my dedicated bike navigator. Anyway, there you go.
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A paper map is a great idea if you can't keep yo.ur phone charged.
Ok I am old enough to remember seeing butterflies including Monarchs here in the bay area. But I haven't seen one around here in years. I consider myself lucky with the rare sighting of a humming bird.
What's a butterfly?
Ok I am old enough to remember seeing butterflies including Monarchs here in the bay area. But I haven't seen one around here in years. I consider myself lucky with the rare sighting of a humming bird.
How do you get power to your paper map? Is it solar powered?
Sorry, couldn't resist...
The butterflies in your part of the country might be gone simply because of the number of cars hitting them. I went across Lolo Pass a few years ago during the migration season and there were thousands of butterflies flying around everywhere.
Chris
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When I first posted this thread there were two components the first was this statement. "I heard something on the radio the other day about how we are losing our ability to navigate because of all of the technology that is available to get us from A to B. But how in the world do these little guys do this." and the image with the Hummingbirds.
It is apparent by the responses that not many of us really know how to navigate anymore without technology. When I was a kid up until navigation systems came out I hardly ever used a map. I just went in a direction and somehow made it to where I wanted to go. Nowadays I can't hardly leave the house without the nav system. Funny thing was I was a map maker for many years in my career, but the maps were localized to the state where I lived so maybe that is why I seldom used a map, I may have had a mental note/map. I am also one of those people that cannot remember a route by street and highway names. If someone ask how I got to a location I would be hard pressed to give the name names of the roads, But I would be able to retrace my steps without issue. I have always been this way.
I find that if I use a paper map there is not enough detail to make a route other that an A to B route, which I don't normally do, I like routes that show me something of interest. In one of the responses there was mention of how they prefer Google maps over Apple Maps. Google maps and Apple Maps are fine for A to B type of navigation or like how I use Google Maps is there is the most direct route to get to B now how do I want to get there.
As an example the wife and I are planning a trip from southeast Arizona to Vermont in June of 2026. Now that we have what Google says what are the interesting things that we can see with deviations to the Google route.
So in writing this it is apparent that I am not a hummingbird, and I can no longer navigate long distances without technological help. Ah crap what do I do when there are big solar flares?
It is apparent by the responses that not many of us really know how to navigate anymore without technology. When I was a kid up until navigation systems came out I hardly ever used a map. I just went in a direction and somehow made it to where I wanted to go. Nowadays I can't hardly leave the house without the nav system. Funny thing was I was a map maker for many years in my career, but the maps were localized to the state where I lived so maybe that is why I seldom used a map, I may have had a mental note/map. I am also one of those people that cannot remember a route by street and highway names. If someone ask how I got to a location I would be hard pressed to give the name names of the roads, But I would be able to retrace my steps without issue. I have always been this way.
I find that if I use a paper map there is not enough detail to make a route other that an A to B route, which I don't normally do, I like routes that show me something of interest. In one of the responses there was mention of how they prefer Google maps over Apple Maps. Google maps and Apple Maps are fine for A to B type of navigation or like how I use Google Maps is there is the most direct route to get to B now how do I want to get there.
As an example the wife and I are planning a trip from southeast Arizona to Vermont in June of 2026. Now that we have what Google says what are the interesting things that we can see with deviations to the Google route.
So in writing this it is apparent that I am not a hummingbird, and I can no longer navigate long distances without technological help. Ah crap what do I do when there are big solar flares?
I use maps. Keeps me from staring at the Navi constantly!
Come to Pacific Grove and see the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary - It is a few miles away from me. You are not too far away for a day ride.
Dan
https://www.pgmuseum.org/monarchs
diferg
Dan & Ingrid
I told My apprentice: We work in the very southeastern most corner of our state. Even numbered highways run East and West. Odd numbered highways run north and south. This applies to interstates, US highways, State roads, and county roads. Then he asks what if I'm in Florida!
ST Gui
240Robert
Thanks for the info. That's actually doable for me.
My wife and I rented a car in Phoenix a couple of years ago. I used the GPS for travelling around, and she used a map. Flying home after the trip, guess who knew the area better.