[moonwalker_v2]

Hi,

I am from India, Pune. I was lost in a jungle near Lonavala. Thanks to my GPS unit in HTC P3300, I was able to find the way out....!!!!!!!!!

[moonwalker_v2]

Hi,

I am from India, Pune. I was lost in a jungle near Lonavala. Thanks to my GPS unit in HTC P3300, I was able to find the way out....!!!!!!!!!

[Daspiceman]

I went to visit my daughter in Long Beach, Ca. a few years ago driving all the way from Texas. It is a very confusing drive once you get near Long Beach especially after having driven staight through. Some navigation assistance would have hastened the reunion. Thanks.

[otty]

I was traveling through Wash. D.C. and using an early GPS device made by none other then co-pilot. I wanted to travel home to Maryland (which is north of DC) it was late and I was very tired. The GPS kept taking me on a highway into Virginia (south of DC) which had no exits for a long time. Every time I found my way back to DC it would direct me back to the same highway by a different route. I finally gave up, called my wife who directed me home. It is a good thing she loves me. If she didn't I might have ended up in South America!

[gibson042]

A few years back, I was on my way to visit an aunt in the middle of nowhere, Kentucky. The last seven miles of the trip have no street lights and few road markings, and a late start had already pushed our schedule so far back that it was around 2:00 am when we started that last leg. It was a drive through such thick fog that we missed our turn without realizing it, and two hours later were completely off the map.

Ultimately, we kept going until we found a usable landmark, and called my aunt to ask for help. It took a long time for her to place us, and finally she just came out so we could follow her back the 20 miles that we had veered off course. The sun was already up when we got to her house, and I can't help but think that GPS would have made all the difference in the world.

[mhynek]

I live in Peoria, Il and had to drive to nearby Bloomington's airport. I'd never been there and printed out Mapquest directions to guide me. They lead me to the backside of the airport! I almost missed my flight. I really could've used this software!

[Flycs]

I used to bring some fellow students to their flats after our student parties. I had to drive to areas I've never been to and after having dropped the guys I usually got lost because the one giving me directions left the car... This was the time I bought my first GPS device to route me home.

[rombo]

- In February 2006, we drove down from Toronto to Syracuse to watch a college basketball game at the Carrier Dome.
- Weather was sunny when we went in, but after the game a blizzard whipped up, and we couldn't see 25 feet in front of us for the drive home.
- Strangers in a strange city, we blindly (literally) followed the directions on my iPaq 6515 GPS, which guided us back in whiteout conditions to our hotel (about 10 miles away).
- I've since lost my iPaq, and truly miss the GPS when I'm traveling to someplace new.

Rombo

[webbahboy]

When we moved to our current location, 10 years ago, we had to make regular trips to Baltimore, to take my daughter to Johns Hopkins. My wife got very frustrated with the fact that I never went to the hospital the same way, and often ended up meandering around one way streets until stumbling across the right one.

A GPS would have definitely gotten me there the right way the first time, and after three or so trips, I would have had it down!

[ejenkins]

I was traveling in the south around 9:00pm and had to detour off the interstate because of a wreck. After traveling down the adjacent road for 2 miles it became apparent the road lead to nowhere. There was no street lights and it was a remote area because I couldn't see any residential or commercial lights. I immediately made a u turn and headed in my previous directions, until I realize there was another accident ahead by 3000 feet. Here I was caught in between a road that led to nowhere and a blocked street ahead.

I NEEDED A GPS! HELP!

[ktwildchild]

I have a similar story as do many others about following my GPS. I decided to see what would happen to me for following directions from my work place to my home. Would you know that it took me 1hr and 17minutes to drive 20.3 miles. After that I decided that there wasn't a GPS software device out there that would get me to my destination in any resonable amount of time.

I would like to be proven wrong about these things and regain faith in a smart kids mathmatic algorythm for directions.

Believe half of what you see and some or none of what you hear.

Thanks iGuidance!

My brief story.