Dear Friends, Back in April of 2011, there was a discussion of the need to use common sense in using GPS for navigation in “"Death by GPS" in desert” at: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2011-April/075724.html
Recently, there was an example of the need to be careful about navigating with GPS in: Visitors in SUV follow GPS directions into Mercer Slough by - Jessie Van Berkel, The Seattle Times, June 15, 2011 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015332317_gps16m.html Wrong way! Three women escape from sinking car after GPS device sends them into lake, Mail Online June 15, 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2003998/Wrong-way-Three-women-escape-sinking-car-GPS-device-sends-lake.html Girls escape sinking car after crashing into Mercer Slough http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCmFXWYvXrA Yours, Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list