[talk-ph] GPS-Trusting Tourists Rescued From Australian Forest

[Michael Cole]

If your not sure Stop.. This guy had no GPS but kept on going and going..

An 81-year-old Australian man became lost on an early morning drive to the 
shops and ended up almost 600km (370 miles) away from his starting point.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8365665.stm



On Tuesday 11 May 2010 4:14:16 pm maning sambale wrote:
> That's why eventhough I (we) collected the data, I still don't trust
> my own GPS. :)
> 
> Seriously though, the article provides very good insights on what we
> should add in the map other than roads.
> - access restrictions
> - gates and other barriers
> - natural features like cliffs and mountain peaks
> -  isolated community centers (purok, sitios)
> - etc.
> 
> PS.  I just love roadguide.ph user's mantra.
> "The map is simply a guide."
> 
> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jim Morgan <jim at datalude.com> wrote:
> > Carlos Tirona wrote, On Tuesday, 11 May, 2010 03:52 PM:
> >> Three South Korean tourists whose trust in their Ford Falcon’s GPS got
> >> them stuck in a gully in southeast Queensland’s Cordalba State Forest,
> >> near Childers.
> >>
> > :-) Shortest Distance routing perhaps? I'm sure there must be a 'Pick
> > : another route' button.
> >
> > Jim
> >
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