15th June 2010, 08:00 PM
Erm...is it just me who can't get google earth to play without lots of blocking warnings?
I admit that it is going to be a huge help, but you can't beat basic, good map reading skills.
What is in front of you is the ground truth, and it ain't going to change because the computer may say something different (cast your mind back to stories of GPS taking numpties in 44ft articulated lorries through the pretty little (narrow) villages in Devon and the Costwolds)
...eyes first, then technology to inform...
I admit that it is going to be a huge help, but you can't beat basic, good map reading skills.
What is in front of you is the ground truth, and it ain't going to change because the computer may say something different (cast your mind back to stories of GPS taking numpties in 44ft articulated lorries through the pretty little (narrow) villages in Devon and the Costwolds)
...eyes first, then technology to inform...
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!