Jim you would have found the truck without the GPS if only you knew how to use a map. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Just kidding.

I think they both have their place. I don't own a GPS. Instead I follow my map and am always looking at it to verify position. Here in the mountains it is very easy to navigate and triangulate. I hardly ever use the ol' compass because the topo is so descriptive that I always know where I am. But, I haven't trounced around in the snow yet (this will be my first winter to start up snowshoeing). Maybe I will change my tune. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I did use a GPS in Iraq. There it is all flat with no features other than roads (if the map is correct). As a truck driver, we drove all over the place. In the beginning, we were given a drop off or pick up coordinate. No directions, and sometimes no map. We would use a GPS and just follow it around until we got to our destination. Lets just say we turned around a lot. Later they gave us MTS systems that had a computer with maps and a GPS in one. It was great, but for some reason our officers still managed to get us lost (despite us noncoms knowing how to get there and not being listened to <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> ). Oh well, it is good for a Captain to realize he is a moron in front of a bunch of noncoms. It builds character. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> In Iraq, I would take a GPS over a map any day, although both would be the best.