[meteorite-list] OT More Wrongway GPS Navigation

From: Paul H. <oxytropidoceras_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:08:29 -0500
Message-ID: <20110628140829.3MIWG.536850.imail_at_eastrmwml39>

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.
Received on Tue 28 Jun 2011 02:08:29 PM PDT