We have a built-in navigation system in the Ram. It’s usually an explanation using landmarks, or the Gazetteer. Very seldom does someone give you a latitude-longitude coordinate. But, when we are looking for something specific like a trail, or perhaps a camping location someone has referred us to, we use the Alaska Gazetteer map book. “Living in Alaska, navigation is relatively simple as there are very few roads. There are some great ideas and specific navigational tips. This week’s Question of the Week was, “What do you use to navigate when you’re truck camping?” You might want to go get a pen and paper. These repeated comments have been omitted, unless they had a specific point, or indeed had experienced an issue with GPS reception.

Reader Responses: Best Maps, Apps, and GPS SystemsĪlmost everyone stated that the cabover did not interfere with their GPS reception. As Jean Luc Picard used to say on Star Trek: The Next Generation, and I am paraphrasing, “Let’s see what’s out there. We reserve the right to throw caution to the wind, and just explore no map, no GPS, and no stinking smartphone. Would we drive off a bridge if our GPS told us too? Heck no!” As I was reading these comments, I thought, “Yeah, who’s the boss? Me or my GPS? After all, our slogan isn’t, Go Anywhere, As Long As Our GPS Says It’s Okay. I also deeply appreciated the readers who resented the idea of an electronic device telling them where to go. From reading the responses, it sounds like more than a few of us have had that experience. Perhaps the Supreme Being in Time Bandits had finally had it with his GPS, and just wanted his trusty map back. My personal favorite is when our GPS shows us traveling off-road or even over water when we’re on a road it doesn’t know. Or had a GPS tell us to get off the next exit, only to have us immediately get back on the highway. Most of us have experienced a GPS sending us to Timbuktu when you were just trying to get across town. In the film, the Supreme Being appears as a giant menacing face bellowing the words, “Return the map! It will bring you great danger. If you are unfamiliar with the 1981 Terry Gilliam film, it’s an intensely imaginative time travel and adventure story featuring an eleven year old boy, six thieving dwarves, and an ominous Supreme Being who chases the aforementioned gaggle through history to recover his stolen map.Īnyway, there are a series of scenes in Time Bandits which immediately sprung to mind while reading the responses to this week’s Question of the Week. Time Bandits is one of my all-time favorite movies. Don’t miss Janet Carter’s window-tossed GPS, and Tracy Schuster’s cartoon. Here are the best maps, GPS devices, and smartphone apps. Truck Camper Magazine readers reveal their navigational preferences.

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