{"id":1425,"date":"2016-04-04T08:29:01","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2016-04-04T08:29:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T12:29:01","slug":"mckinlay-use-or-lose-our-navigation-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2016\/04\/mckinlay-use-or-lose-our-navigation-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"McKinlay: ‘Use or Lose Our Navigation Skills’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing in\u00a0Nature<\/em><\/a>, Roger McKinlay notes the complexity, infrastructure requirements (i.e., cost) and limitations of modern\u00a0navigation technology and argues that people “should\u00a0make better use of our innate capabilities. Machines know where they are, not the best way to get to a destination; it might be more reliable to employ a human driver than to program an autonomous car to avert crashes. If we do not cherish them, our natural navigation abilities will deteriorate as we rely ever more on smart devices.” [via<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writing in\u00a0Nature, Roger McKinlay notes the complexity, infrastructure requirements (i.e., cost) and limitations of modern\u00a0navigation technology and argues that people “should\u00a0make better use of our innate capabilities. Machines know where they are, not the best… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[237],"class_list":["post-1425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-gps","tag-map-literacy","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1808285,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/07\/gps-negatively-impacts-spatial-memory\/","url_meta":{"origin":1425,"position":0},"title":"GPS Negatively Impacts Spatial Memory","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 July 2022","format":"link","excerpt":"Rebecca Solnit points to a 2020 study that attempts to measure the impact of using GPS navigation devices on our spatial memory. 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The sextants are Chinese imports; Celestaire itself makes the navigation tables and almanacs that accompany sextant use.\u00a0You might have thought that sextants had\u00a0gone the way of horses and buggies, but\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Industry"","block_context":{"text":"Industry","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/industry\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"spica-sextant","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/spica-sextant-150x142.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1788164,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/01\/beidou-chinas-satellite-navigation-system-to-be-complete-by-june\/","url_meta":{"origin":1425,"position":2},"title":"Beidou, China\u2019s Satellite Navigation System, to Be Complete by June","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 January 2020","format":"link","excerpt":"China\u2019s Beidou satellite navigation system\u2014a competitor to GPS like Russia\u2019s GLONASS and Europe\u2019s Galileo\u2014will be complete by June 2020, when the constellation\u2019s final two satellites are launched, the Associated Press reports. 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