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| Yes | 54% | 436 votes | Total: 814 votes | |
| No | 46% | 378 votes |
Yes
by Hai Shunxi
Created on: November 26, 2009
Global Positioning System (GPS) technology became useful to consumers in 2000 when "Selective Availability"
Created on: October 11, 2009
It will be a sad day when the Global Positioning Systems replace conventional maps but it will happen!
by Ted Sherman
Created on: March 25, 2009
As I ponder whether Global Positioning Systmes will ever replace conventional maps, I have other questions,
by Sam Rose
Created on: May 19, 2008 Last Updated: March 03, 2011
As a society, we are depending more and more on technology as time goes by. The arrival of websites
by Drake P.
Created on: June 17, 2009
When people say "no" to this question, they may be limiting their views to the current technology and
Created on: April 27, 2008
The problem with the question is the presence of the word 'ever'. In the strictest sense, there should
Created on: November 25, 2008 Last Updated: March 11, 2010
When the military introduced first introduced global positioning systems it was due to a few key reasons.
by Stushie
Created on: February 23, 2008
For many years, male drivers like me have been ridiculed for getting lost on family road trips and never
by P. Clifford
Created on: March 25, 2009
Will GPS replace maps? Yes, and it will largely be because of electronic ink. Imagine feeling like Ferdinand
Created on: January 21, 2009
I believe that GPS has already replaced conventional maps. Seriously, have you tried to find a map recently,
by Joseph Fish
Created on: May 16, 2008
Global Positioning Systems were used among the government when first created. The main use of this system
Created on: March 29, 2008
As the refrigerator replaced the icebox, as indoor plumbing replaced the outhouse, as LCD panels are
by Rod Beglerf
Created on: June 07, 2008
Can you remember how was your life before Internet, downloads, and e-mails ? When postal mail took days
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No
Created on: March 23, 2008 Last Updated: February 08, 2010
I am the world's worst technophobic. The term could have been specially invented for me. In addition,
Created on: February 22, 2008
The very question of whether or not GPS will replace conventional maps reveals several biases that I
by Barry Marcus
Created on: January 11, 2008
GPS is short for Global Positioning Systems. It is a positioning tool, not a map. The system uses 24
by Mark Hopkins
Created on: February 23, 2008 Last Updated: November 27, 2011
Rule number one of not 'coming unstuck' is never put all your eggs in one basket! GPS systems can be
Created on: January 20, 2009
Technology has benefited the human race in a variety of different ways, allowing us to carry out our
Created on: January 05, 2010
If you want to split hairs with this question, technically the Global Positioning Systems already have
by Henri Zimand
Created on: January 24, 2009 Last Updated: May 18, 2011
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) will never replace conventional maps.
These are two completely different
Created on: May 06, 2009 Last Updated: May 26, 2009
Global Positioning System (GPS) is a navigation instrument with a narrow function of giving directions,
Created on: June 28, 2008 Last Updated: May 22, 2012
Like Cellular phones, GPS systems have worked their way into our lives and have taken away the favorite
by Cheryl Abney
Created on: April 03, 2009 Last Updated: August 10, 2009
Are maps going the way of the buggy whip? In teaching career units, I showed a movie promoting the need
Created on: July 11, 2008
As former Chief Technology Officer of NAVTEQ Corp, and the former SVP for Global Marketing and Strategy
by Charles Ray
Created on: August 06, 2009
Garmin, TomTom, and a whole slew of other portable GPS devices that most people wouldn't think of leaving
by Bill Cichoke
Created on: March 04, 2009
Will the humble map ever go the way of the dodo and other extinct species?
As long as there has been
Created on: March 24, 2008
A Global Positioning System, or GPS, is currently offered as an option in an increasing number of new
by Keith Hoell
Created on: September 24, 2008
There are many new technologies developed within the last decade that have garnered new products and
Created on: February 22, 2008
Let's be honest! GPS devices will never fully take the place of conventional paper maps. One reason
Created on: November 26, 2008
NOT A CHANCE... I'm sorry if I am the first to mention it, but even if "ever" is a lousy fifty years,
by Cecilia Diaz
Created on: March 15, 2008
Road trips with me at the wheel have always been an adventure. My husband disagrees. He does not like
by Sammy Stein
Created on: February 29, 2008
I was tempted to write to the 'yes' side of this debate because, in theory, it should be possible. GPS
Created on: February 22, 2008
There is no doubt, at the present time, and irrespective of its level of sophistication...the Global