GPS = Global Positioning System. In my previous life I worked as a cartographer and a GPS was used to mark points on the earth for our mapping system. Now a GPS is much more than a unit to mark a point on the earth it is used to guide our day and help to keep us on a time schedule. The GPS we choose to use now is a Rand McNally and this replaced our original Lowrance unit.
In the beginning
When we first started trucking in 2000 we used directions sent over the Qualcomm, we used a hard copy map, and Streets and Trip’s that I had on my computer. Often, I would be using all three systems to find an address while Bob drove. Way too many times I took us on business routes, past the entrance to the customer, and on roads we should never have been on in a tractor trailer. When looking for the next rest area or working on a Hazmat route the hard copy Rand McNally map was always at my side. I wore out several of these books before we got our first GPS and it was almost love at first sight.
READ MORE...
In the beginning
When we first started trucking in 2000 we used directions sent over the Qualcomm, we used a hard copy map, and Streets and Trip’s that I had on my computer. Often, I would be using all three systems to find an address while Bob drove. Way too many times I took us on business routes, past the entrance to the customer, and on roads we should never have been on in a tractor trailer. When looking for the next rest area or working on a Hazmat route the hard copy Rand McNally map was always at my side. I wore out several of these books before we got our first GPS and it was almost love at first sight.
READ MORE...
