+Teacosies Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Have you ever seen one of these New GPS Quote Link to comment
+Fuchsiamagic Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Have you ever seen one of these New GPS I think Luke's comment underneath sums it up pretty well! Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Have you ever seen one of these New GPS I think Luke's comment underneath sums it up pretty well! I have to agree with you there Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 What a dreadful way to teach kids about Navigation! A compass is a great tool, but without a map of some sort, it is likely to lead you entirely the wrong way in many situations. This toy appears to dumb down Navigation to blindly following a pointer needle. That's a really really bad way to navigate. Quote Link to comment
+uktim Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 What a dreadful way to teach kids about Navigation! A compass is a great tool, but without a map of some sort, it is likely to lead you entirely the wrong way in many situations. This toy appears to dumb down Navigation to blindly following a pointer needle. That's a really really bad way to navigate. If following a pointer is wrong we'd better all bin all our expensive GPS kit! Education is all about how you use the kit rather than exact design of the kit itself. Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 What a dreadful way to teach kids about Navigation! A compass is a great tool, but without a map of some sort, it is likely to lead you entirely the wrong way in many situations. This toy appears to dumb down Navigation to blindly following a pointer needle. That's a really really bad way to navigate. If following a pointer is wrong we'd better all bin all our expensive GPS kit! Education is all about how you use the kit rather than exact design of the kit itself. It's not very often you will hear me saying that I agree with The Forester, but on this occasion I do wholeheartedly. Any form of electronic navigation equipment should be used as a supplement to proper map and compass navigation. At the present moment nothing on the market can beat it, for as long as you keep the map dry and secure and have the knowledge on how to use it, it can save your life when the electronic gizmo packs up on you!! When I start navigating over ground I am unfamiliar with, particularly more when climbing mountains, I have my GPS on and with me, but the map & compass is what I use to navigate my way with. Quote Link to comment
+Moote Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 What a dreadful way to teach kids about Navigation! A compass is a great tool, but without a map of some sort, it is likely to lead you entirely the wrong way in many situations. This toy appears to dumb down Navigation to blindly following a pointer needle. That's a really really bad way to navigate. If following a pointer is wrong we'd better all bin all our expensive GPS kit! Education is all about how you use the kit rather than exact design of the kit itself. I'm also totally with The Forester on this, it is essential that map and compass can be used and understood in the outdoors, and carried when in the big outdoors, a GPSr is only an aid to navigation and a paper map and compass should not be substituted by a GPSr. After all what would you do if the GPSr failed and you had no means to find your way out of a place. Quote Link to comment
+Wogus! Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 So, wait... I must not be understanding this thing correctly. It looks like a big, bulky eCompass accompanied by a lot of nostalgia-esque marketing hype. What am I missing here?? Quote Link to comment
+Jaz666 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 It looks like the direction finders I've been selling in my day job recently. You mark a location(s), say where you've parked the car, and it navigates you back. Aimed at those who don't want to learn how to use an eTrex to do the same job. Quote Link to comment
+drsolly Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 What a dreadful way to teach kids about Navigation! A compass is a great tool, but without a map of some sort, it is likely to lead you entirely the wrong way in many situations. This toy appears to dumb down Navigation to blindly following a pointer needle. That's a really really bad way to navigate. If following a pointer is wrong we'd better all bin all our expensive GPS kit! Education is all about how you use the kit rather than exact design of the kit itself. I'm also totally with The Forester on this, it is essential that map and compass can be used and understood in the outdoors, and carried when in the big outdoors, a GPSr is only an aid to navigation and a paper map and compass should not be substituted by a GPSr. After all what would you do if the GPSr failed and you had no means to find your way out of a place. I'd use my backup GPS. Quote Link to comment
+sTeamTraen Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 One of the comments under the product puffreview mentioned Geocaching. Well, the image shows the word "Wupperpiraten" and some coordinates. And there is a cache called "Wupperpiraten", which is at those coordinates (give or take /a/ a typo in the longitude and /b/ the fact that it's a multi). Which explains the use of "O" instead of "E" on the compass rose... but I wonder how the cache data gets in there? Quote Link to comment
+third-degree-witch Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 i would use a real mp5 not a placcy one Quote Link to comment
+uktim Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 What a dreadful way to teach kids about Navigation! A compass is a great tool, but without a map of some sort, it is likely to lead you entirely the wrong way in many situations. This toy appears to dumb down Navigation to blindly following a pointer needle. That's a really really bad way to navigate. If following a pointer is wrong we'd better all bin all our expensive GPS kit! Education is all about how you use the kit rather than exact design of the kit itself. It's not very often you will hear me saying that I agree with The Forester, but on this occasion I do wholeheartedly. Any form of electronic navigation equipment should be used as a supplement to proper map and compass navigation. At the present moment nothing on the market can beat it, for as long as you keep the map dry and secure and have the knowledge on how to use it, it can save your life when the electronic gizmo packs up on you!! When I start navigating over ground I am unfamiliar with, particularly more when climbing mountains, I have my GPS on and with me, but the map & compass is what I use to navigate my way with. I also favour map and compass for navigation in the hills and that is why I seriously doubt that the arrival of this device isn't going to lead to the demise of instruction in this use of map and compass. Quote Link to comment
+The Forester Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 i would use a real mp5 not a placcy one I hope you'd handle it better than the Indian Special Forces did last year in Mumbai. Quote Link to comment
+Bear and Ragged Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 One of the comments under the product puffreview mentioned Geocaching. Well, the image shows the word "Wupperpiraten" and some coordinates. And there is a cache called "Wupperpiraten", which is at those coordinates (give or take /a/ a typo in the longitude and /b/ the fact that it's a multi). Which explains the use of "O" instead of "E" on the compass rose... but I wonder how the cache data gets in there? It's not the co-ords for the final showing, is it??! Quote Link to comment
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