Comment by jordigh
1 day ago
I don't use phones, so if I have to go somewhere, I have to memorise the route. I enjoy the exercise. I look up the directions on my laptop, mentally rehearse the points of interest that will indicate to me where I need to take particular turns, and then have to put into practice my memory with the actual physical landscape I tour as I follow this route. Sometimes I make mistakes, but correcting them is part of the exercise.
It seems very few people nowadays know how to follow a route, especially an unfamiliar one, without being tethered to their GPS.
In my personal experience, when I take a wrong turn, it's impossible to find my way back. I understand if you're describing the route from one large city to another, but if you need to get to a specific street in even a medium-sized city, it's impossible to remember every turn the first time around.
how old are you? How can you memorize a new route?
Because i am born in the TomTom era and i had google maps on my first phone ( not smartphone ) but it have it
Even at unfamiliar places you can probably get by just knowning the general direction you want to go and glancing at street signs.
Highly depends on your location.