"This single dad Steve Was a struggling chap A hopeless romantic and fool But he's proud to achieve To teach his kid how to map Which both she and Aiden thought cool!"
Back many years ago, I had reason to be in Dallas for a convention, the convention was at one end and the only hotel we could get was at the other end. I glanced at a map of the area, and got the rest of the people I was worried by not looking at it again as we crossed the city several times, each time I took a different route. With appropriate comments like "I think this is the turn" "Believe we're going the right way" "I think I saw that before"
Back many years ago, I had reason to be in Dallas for a convention, the convention was at one end an
Map reading is the one skill I feel is going to get lost with future generations. With cells, tablets, and what not. I can see it now, ya got I guy hiking in an area where there's no cell coverage. And he's panicking that he can't get Google maps to work. I've been in dead zones before. I had a field day with my nephew. He straight up had a break down.
Map reading is the one skill I feel is going to get lost with future generations. With cells, tablet
So glad I learned orienteering in scouting, and practicing how to read roadmaps by being a co-pilot as a kid! Even if society doesn't fall apart on itself, knowing how to read a topographical map while hiking to a scenic firewatch tower could still be useful. A lot of precious simple arts and skills are being lost. Some people are lucky enough to get the training as kids, but those are becoming rarer. Maybe with the popularity of zombie survival games, those skills will be mentioned in-game, piquing the interest of future kids to seek out what they really are in real life.
So glad I learned orienteering in scouting, and practicing how to read roadmaps by being a co-pilot
