How did you find your way around in a new place when you were in your country? Do you use a GPS? Do you use one now? Do you think GPS is helpful in getting to an unfamiliar place? Did you ever use Google Map? Did you ever get lost using GPS or Google Map? How and when? Where were you going to and from where? Did you ever stop your car on the way and ask people for direction? Are people in this country more helpful to give direction compared to people in your country or less helpful? Bring an example.
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Nixon P
10/22/2013 09:03:48 am
When I was in my country uses paper written directions with a map drawn to the place where I wanted to go. Now if you use the GPS . Yes the GPS is very useful to get to places that you do not know is a much faster way . Yes sometimes I use Google Map. Yes sometimes the signal is lost internet and you can not use the GPS . Well when we went through there mountainous places the signal is lost , the internet and we were without GPS navigation . I was going to a place for the San Francisco area , and then take the 37 freeway , take the 20 freeway 20 wooded and there are places no internet signal . Yes that day I got to stand and walk for miles to find someone to explain to me where I was and how to get out of that place. On that occasion to play me a well friendly and with a patience , to give me the address listed , but there are people who say that they find it difficult to understand them and that does not compare to the people of our country , but are useful to give direction .
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Mitra H.
10/23/2013 05:30:03 am
When I was in my country I used map to found direction and was very hard for me.To day I use GPS or Google map .They are very useful .GPS is size of a cell phone. I can use my GPS device to get from point A to B without getting lost. I can check to see if I am on the right place. If I forget the spot where I parked my car, a GPS can easily locate it for me. When I use GPS no more missing an exit on a freeway and then taking a 3 mile detour and can guide me along the way so that Idon't miss anything or highway exits.Also I can record the way I went and then play it back to some one else, or I can use to go to the same place next year. GPS device can track my speed, and you can use it to prove to the cops how fast you were going. GPS can be very useful in lots of situaions ,as well as great fun. We have to go with technology to make easy life.
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Yuliya
10/24/2013 09:26:34 am
I didn't ride a car, I mostly walked ,so I didn't use GPs. We lived in a small town . People always helped me when I asked for right address . People in our country and in this one are equally helpful .
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Eman Alradawy
10/24/2013 12:38:15 pm
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Ruqia.E
10/25/2013 01:47:27 pm
How did you find your way around in anew place when you were in your country?
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Everardo L.
10/25/2013 03:07:48 pm
The advance of the technology is moving really fast in the new century. The majority of people have a computer or a cellular phone. Cellular phones now are like a computer on hand. We can find all kind of information from all around the world with an intelligent phone. Another helpful use of the cellular is to find locations or places. This service is called GPS this is an easy way to look for a place. It was so tedious to find an address using the long book of maps before. Right now if we get lost anywhere, we can use our cellular as a GPS to find addresses. First we just need to enter the address where we are, then the destination that we need to find. In just seconds we can have the path to follow to get the place that we want to go. The technology’s advances move our lives at high speed.
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ehsan poorramezan
10/26/2013 03:10:40 am
When I was in my country I used map to found direction and was very hard for me,and some times i asked people some address .i remember one day i asked the one person about camping address in the forest in Iran ,and his gave me wrong address ,and made big problem for us, because that time was night.So To day I use GPS or Google map .They are very useful .GPS is very important for us now ,because we can save the time and,Gas .So today if i want to go some where first time, i use the GPS,but second time im going just myself ,then i can reading sain's and, name of the street ,and freeway ,So this way help's me to learn english ,also my memory.
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Vitalii Brunza
10/26/2013 04:18:38 am
In our country the unknown path is much harder to find than here. I did not have GPS Navigator but I always found a way and unknown road. I'm not one time did not use Google Maps. When we went somewhere far from home we used public transport. It delivered us Where required. When I am looking for an unknown journey, I often ask people who live nearby. In this city I often need to use Google Maps. One time I got lost in the center of the city and I had to ask people on the road. Eventually, I want to buy a GPS. It is a long distance and I need it to help me.
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Absa Sanchez
10/26/2013 08:50:55 am
When I was in my country, I never use a GPS. I always asked people to find an address. When I came to U.S at first, I was using maps and sometimes asked people for address. Mostly all the time, when I was traveling, I stop at gasoline stations and bought a map. Now I used a GPS at all the time. I think a GPS is very helpful, specialty when you don’t know the area. One time I got lost but just for a little while. That happened in Downtown San Francisco. The big buildings are don’t let have a good reception to the GPS. Another place the GPS don’t work is the mountains. Almost all the people I have been asking for directions are helpful in this country. In my country many people I ask for directions tell me a wrong way to go. I think they enjoy seeing the people get lost. So people in my country are less helpful sometimes.
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Alla Brunza
10/26/2013 03:26:05 pm
In my country I did not drive the car and just half a year ago in the USA I became to be the driver. Now when I go to an unfamiliar place I use the program Google Map. To insure myself I want to buy a GPS navigator because it is a good thing in the long journey. Once my husband and I got lost in the city center and in each quarter we stopped to ask way. It was difficult because that we did not know English but the people here are friendly. They helped us with joy and tried to tell us it is clear. Eventually we found a way home and realized that knowledge of English and GPS navigation is very important for our travels.
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Liubov F.
10/27/2013 01:03:17 pm
When I was living in my country has always found a new location on the map or ask for directions from a knowledgeable person. Now I do not use GPS because I do not have it. I just use Google maps. In this country, many people have good phones with GPS and sometimes helped me. In my country, few people have the phones. I think the GPS is very useful invention because it reduces the time to find the right place.
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Alma Hernandez
10/27/2013 01:06:20 pm
I put the adress in my GPS. Its helpful. Yes sometymes but not always. Because sometymes its difficult to find the adress . Absolutely specially when am going to a place anything about that place is helpful. Sometymes its stuk or sometymes the operator said my GPS is unavailable. When i go to atended job apoyment. From my house, to my client house. No, always i try to set up my GPS and put the adress again. Absolutely in this country people very kind to help me find the adress. When i went to Mexico if i ask for some adress the people they look scary and don't say anything.
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Jose O
10/27/2013 02:15:43 pm
When I was in my country, I remember that I use to take a taxi or the public bus for transportation, when I needed to go somewhere. When I use to take a taxi I would just give him the address, and he knew where to take me. I would also take the public bus when I would go to different places, but it would take to long to arrive at my destination. I prefer to take a taxi because they would get there faster with no stops to pick up other people. If there was a place I needed to go and I did not know exactly how to get there, I would ask other people. I never used GPS because at that time when I lived in my country we did not use GPS, nor did we have internet to locate addresses. Now, in my country, we use GPS or navigator because technology has arrived and now is a lot easier to find addresses.
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Hernan VdW
10/27/2013 02:45:33 pm
In Chile few years ago very few streets had not their names properly so that all addresses were with references about a shop, a slightly different color of house or anything unusual. It really work.
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ALIONA T.
10/27/2013 03:16:45 pm
When I was in my country I did not use GPS. If I wanted to visit a new place sometimes, I used the map to find the direction. Other times I used public transport. Now I use GPS. I think it is helpful in getting to an unfamiliar place. When I don`t find the way to the place, I stop the car and ask someone for help.
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viktork
10/27/2013 03:31:25 pm
I never in my country didn't use GPS. I use now because don't know this country.I think GPS is helpful in getting to an unfamiliar place.Yes, I use Google Map.I get lost using Google Map in Sacramento 1 year ago.I never didn't stop my car on the way and didn't ask people for direction.Yes in this country more helpful to give direction compared to people in my country.In my country very bad attitude to russian. In this country very good attitude to the people.
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VITALIE T.
10/27/2013 03:48:00 pm
How did people find their way around in a new place in my country? People in my country easy can find a new place. Because my country is small and villages are close to each other. People usually travel by bus. When people go to the bus station, they ask the dispatcher how to get to the town or village where they want to go. If person has address, but he or she do not know where it is, they ask the people from locality or have a map. Before I came in US, people cannot use GPS, because my country does not have system for it.
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Iryna S
10/27/2013 04:33:08 pm
When I was in my country, I found my way in new places by asking for directions. People in my country are very helpful when giving directions. They know their way around their cities and they give clear directions. I now use a GPS, when I need to find my way. A GPS is very helpful in unfamiliar places. Sometimes, I use Google Maps. It helps me know how far and how long my trip will be. I have never been lost using a GPS. Last summer, my kids and I took a car trip from Sacramento to Los Angeles and back, with the help from our GPS. Before I had a GPS, I stopped at gas stations and asked for directions there.
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Vasiliy
10/27/2013 04:47:03 pm
When I lived in my country I didn't drive in the car. When I needed to go to a new place, I asked people where it is. I went to a bus station and took a bus to my destination. I did not use GPS or Google Maps in my country. When I need direction, people are very helpful in my country.
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Javad Y
10/28/2013 07:29:44 am
When I was in my country I couldn't drive because of my age . If I want to go the new places I used the map to find a position .Also I read the signs for going to correct places . I never used the GPS in my country because no one was it . Sometimes I don't know ,where I am , but I asked someone to help and showed me a right way to my position. I remember of any places in my country . I don't spend too much time to find a direction .
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abbas kafarani
10/28/2013 10:58:10 am
In my country I didn't have GPS I used map to find a place. Also at that time we didn't had GPS in my country .Here in United States I do find my way by GPS if I need to. I do ask for someone's help if I cant find a way. My wife she's good at directions she live in United States for a long time . I always ask her if I need to drive somewhere.
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Parivash
10/30/2013 03:00:49 am
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Asgar Khosravifar
11/3/2013 03:45:53 pm
When I was in my country, earlier I used a map or asked someone to find my direction. All hotels, or tourism organizations in big cities of Iran, have the Map of that city and some useful information about the tourist sights and city emergency telephones. When I had a trip to new city that I didn’t know there, I went to one of the hotels or tourist organization and gut a map and used that to find tourist Sights or other address that I wanted to go. About five years we have GPS in Iran, and I used it before I came USA, but using GPS in Iran is very difficult, because the maps are not very useful for use at GPS. It has not zip code of cities and Number of houses or offices in its memory. We can only get streets name or intersection of two streets to GPS to find an address. When I came here my son has a GPS and we used it to find any addresses very useful, after that sometimes I used google map to find the address, then I installed more kind of GPS in my phone and tested them and finally I found a very useful GPS program and installed it in my phone. Its name is NAVIGATION, and always I use it in my car. Last year I went from Washington dc to Canada without lost, because my Navigation show me all road’s line and signs.
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Ali Irankhah
12/8/2013 09:39:21 am
Have you ever got lost in the street which you never know? I never lost in my home city, Tehran, because I know all the squares, streets, highways, and alleys. I found my ways by directions like North and South, and I used signs in the streets. In my country GPS didn't work but, right now it does. Some people use that but, the speed of the Internet is very low. So many people prefer to use the signs or ask to somebody else to find their way. The people in U.S.A are less helpful to give the right direction. They use a lot navigator so they can't explain direction to the other people.
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Moslem Goodarzi
12/10/2013 02:22:23 pm
Actually when i was in my country i lived in a village for this finding way was not hard for me. But when i traveled to other cities , i asked pedestrians or drivers the adress that i need. For sure i use GPS right know to find my distance and also i think using GPS is so helpful .But the best way to find the adress is using map book. I remember when i didnot have a GPS i used google map to find my distance. Never i didnot get lost when i used GPS . I remember last year in the city of auburn i stoped in a gas station and asked the worker may adress . I think people in this country is the same as in my countryto give the direction.
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