Social Anxiety Support

mind_games · 11-02-2009, 03:37 AM

No, I don't have a vehicle. When I use my parents car I just use google maps and a map book.

slylikeafox · 11-02-2009, 06:42 AM

No, but have thought one would be nice while kayaking or exploring. One time while kayaking on a bay I lost track of my launch location on the shore and headed quite a ways off course. Ended up having a lot of extra paddling

Meee · 11-02-2009, 02:52 PM

Yep, i have a sat nav and a GPS enabled phone. My sense of direction is terrible, i'd find my way eventually but it'd take a lot longer...

heyJude · 11-05-2009, 08:31 PM

garmin nuvi. I'm horrible at directions, so it's really a lifesaver.

Wehttam · 11-06-2009, 04:12 AM

Nope, lol I'm paranoid they might be tracking me with a GPS...the satellite knows where you are at any given moment :S..argh, I watch to many crime shows...

coldmorning · 11-06-2009, 12:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wehttam

Nope, lol I'm paranoid they might be tracking me with a GPS...the satellite knows where you are at any given moment :S..argh, I watch to many crime shows...

Not true. The satellite does not know where you are. While they transmit a signal, those satellites don't track anyone using them. GPS devices pick up the signals and figure out where you are. But nothing is sent back to the satellites.

It's almost like using stars to navigate... you don't tell the stars anything about yourself or where you are. And the stars could care less that someone on planet earth is tracking them.

Lovesick Loner · 11-06-2009, 09:28 PM

Yep. Nextar vehicle GPS and a Garmin Venture HC for handheld use.

MissMay1977 · 11-07-2009, 02:40 AM

Thanks to Noca™ I do have one! <3 Noca™

Toad Licker · 11-08-2009, 12:53 PM

*puts on tinfoil hat*

None... that I know of.

zookeeper · 11-08-2009, 01:01 PM

I am a GPS.

squirpe · 11-08-2009, 01:58 PM

I have a couple of GPS (aside from Google Maps) apps on my iPhone rather than a dedicated device. They are not bad - which is just as well because I am terrible with directions

anomalous · 11-08-2009, 02:36 PM

No. And if I ever buy one, it will only be for the purposes of looking up restaurants/stores in unfamiliar areas (although given my experience riding with my parents as they attempt to use their Garmin for this purpose, I question their usefulness even for that). I prefer to be able to visualize where I am and where I'm going, rather than blindly relying on a gadget to spit street names out at me. Just the way I roll.

View Poll Results: Do you have a GPS?
Yes	26	36.11%
No	19	26.39%
I use someone elses (my parents /or friends)	7	9.72%
no, i use mapquest or google!maps	20	27.78%
Voters: 72. You may not vote on this poll

11-02-2009, 03:37 AM	#41 (permalink)
mind_games Status: dances, like a fridge Join Date: Nov 2008 Age: 23 Posts: 1,571	No, I don't have a vehicle. When I use my parents car I just use google maps and a map book. __________________ "this is not me, this is me reacting to your perception of me"

11-02-2009, 06:42 AM	#42 (permalink)
slylikeafox Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,685	No, but have thought one would be nice while kayaking or exploring. One time while kayaking on a bay I lost track of my launch location on the shore and headed quite a ways off course. Ended up having a lot of extra paddling __________________ "Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself" - Joel Hawes

11-02-2009, 02:52 PM	#43 (permalink)
Meee Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: England Gender: Male Age: 24 Posts: 1,422	Yep, i have a sat nav and a GPS enabled phone. My sense of direction is terrible, i'd find my way eventually but it'd take a lot longer... __________________ [Last.FM] [AnimeList]

11-05-2009, 08:31 PM	#44 (permalink)
heyJude Status: Doodling in the corner. Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 190	garmin nuvi. I'm horrible at directions, so it's really a lifesaver. __________________ ~Maybe someday we'll live our lives out loud. We'll be better off somehow...someday.~

11-06-2009, 04:12 AM	#45 (permalink)
Wehttam Status: Anxienty Free In 2083 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Australia Gender: Male Age: 21 Posts: 69	Nope, lol I'm paranoid they might be tracking me with a GPS...the satellite knows where you are at any given moment :S..argh, I watch to many crime shows... __________________ MySpace \|FaceBook\|Twitter\|Blog

11-06-2009, 09:28 PM	#47 (permalink)
Lovesick Loner Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pennsylvania Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 164	Yep. Nextar vehicle GPS and a Garmin Venture HC for handheld use. __________________ "Every day is Like Sunday, Every day is silent and gray" - Morrissey

11-07-2009, 02:40 AM	#48 (permalink)
MissMay1977 Status: Freakin Beautiful Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Indiana Gender: Female Age: 32 Posts: 1,088	Thanks to Noca™ I do have one! <3 Noca™ __________________ <@_@> la la laaaaaaa

11-08-2009, 12:53 PM	#49 (permalink)
Toad Licker Status: Broken Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: A Fruitloop Daydream Gender: Male Age: 44 Posts: 29,638	puts on tinfoil hat None... that I know of. __________________ All will wither, go to sleep The ones you love you may not keep All you touch will fall apart The dreams you kill will break your heart There's no mercy, there's no rest The void will scream within your chest No one knows and no one will So leave this place that makes you Ill - Madder Mortem

11-08-2009, 01:01 PM	#50 (permalink)
zookeeper Status: The floor is lava!! Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Soap Fortress Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 1,068	I am a GPS. __________________ You leapt into the abyss, but find It only goes up to your knees, ~ Nick Cave

11-08-2009, 01:58 PM	#51 (permalink)
squirpe Status: SAS Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Gender: Male Posts: 87	I have a couple of GPS (aside from Google Maps) apps on my iPhone rather than a dedicated device. They are not bad - which is just as well because I am terrible with directions

11-08-2009, 02:36 PM	#52 (permalink)
anomalous Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: USA Gender: Male Age: 22 Posts: 443	No. And if I ever buy one, it will only be for the purposes of looking up restaurants/stores in unfamiliar areas (although given my experience riding with my parents as they attempt to use their Garmin for this purpose, I question their usefulness even for that). I prefer to be able to visualize where I am and where I'm going, rather than blindly relying on a gadget to spit street names out at me. Just the way I roll.