Bear, Diah and Pasha

Dec 19th, 2008 by papabear

With Google Maps at my disposal, I have no need for a global positioning system (GPS) device. I was thinking dreaming about getting myself a GPS enabled cellphone but since I discovered what Google Maps can do, I can just forget about GPS. GPS may have its own advantages over Google Maps but what Google Maps have what I need and therefore, that is good enough for me.

Using Google Maps for the first time: I had the opportunity to use it for the first time when I had to visit a client in Batu Pahat, Johor last Wednesday. They have shifted to a new office that was quite a distance away from the old place. I am not at all familiar with Batu Pahat and therefore, it would be an opportunity to put Google Maps to the test.

It is simple to use. I have already saved my home location and all I need to do is get the direction to my client’s place by by entering his new street address. Once that is done, I was given a map and a detail instruction to follow. My client had advised me to take the Ayer Hitam exit since that would make my finding the new place easier and due to that, I just need to drag the exit suggested from Yong Peng to Ayer Hitam and Google Maps plotted the new directions for me to follow. It was as simple as that.

On top of that, I was given the estimated mileage to the location as well as the estimated time that the trip would take. With that I was able to provide my ETA to my clients and it was quite accurate. Based on the ETA given, the average speed calculated was about 70 km/h. That must be the combination of highways and normal road used. Anyway, I managed to find my clients new place easily with the help of Google Maps.

Google Maps vs GPS: During lunch, I told my client that I found my way using Google Maps. He has a GPS enabled Blackberry cellphone and I have Google Maps loaded to my cellphone and we decided to run some test for the fun of it. The first task was to locate his house. Google Maps managed to locate that within seconds while his GPS system returned an “address not found” message. Round one goes to Google Maps.

The second test was to do the “Where I am” task. Google Maps showed my location within seconds while even after a few minutes, the GPS was still searching for a satellite. Google Maps scored again.

In conclusion, Google Maps is a good alternative to GPS and all I need was an internet enabled cellphone for it to work.

To use Google Maps on your computer, go to http://maps.google.com/.

To use Google Maps on your cellphone, go to m.google.com/maps on your cellphone or go to http://www.google.com/mobile/default/maps.html on your computer.

Tags: Ayer Hitam, Batu Pahat, ETA, Global Positioning System, Google, Google Maps, GPS, Life, mileage, search, Shah Alam, travel, Yong Peng

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63 Responses to “I Do Not Need GPS”

on 19 Dec 2008 at 12:24 pm1negaraku.net

I Do Not Need GPS…

Using Google Maps as an alternative to GPS to find your way around….
on 19 Dec 2008 at 12:26 pm2taukey

aku first

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Congrats!

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 12:28 pm3taukey

hmmm google maps and sikimapia.org are the same right?

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
err… x familiar dgn sikimapia.org la taukey….

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 12:58 pm4bluecrystaldude

My dad has been whining about how much he wants to install the GPS in his car. It will cost you around 5K you know. hehe.. He really feel that GPS is a necessity nowadays. Never tried this before I will check the google maps

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
to me if just need to go around Malaysia, Google Map is more than enough… even managed to beat GPS in my case…

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 12:59 pm5bonoriau

I always use Google Map

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
good for you bono!

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 2:32 pm6KNizam

whoaaaaaaaa terpegun kejap aku. hehe

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
apasal lak terpegun? hehe…

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 2:36 pm7malaysiastory.com

I Do Not Need GPS…

Using Google Maps as an alternative to GPS to find your way around….
on 19 Dec 2008 at 2:59 pm8fark.my

KisahberuanG.com® » I Do Not Need GPS…

Using Google Maps as an alternative to GPS to find your way around….
on 19 Dec 2008 at 3:19 pm9RockYourVote.net

KisahberuanG.com® » I Do Not Need GPS…

Using Google Maps as an alternative to GPS to find your way around….
on 19 Dec 2008 at 3:39 pm10Sweet Thinker

eh eh. gmap tue. hset ape leh guna. n70 boley? die kna ade 3g gak kan? tue charge kow2 xlarat den. kalo gps cane?

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 3:54 pm
google x de la bagi list plak. aku guna sony ericcson k530i. aku guna kat tempat x de 3G okay je via GPRS. Charges… biasa punya data charge la… kalo GPS aku tak tau… hahah

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 3:53 pm11ummu_hanis

tapikan kalau guna google map die bleh tak kata “pusing kanan 100 meter di depan”. bleh tak? tapi paling best kan dengo gps tu kata ape tau “kamera had laju di hadapan”. hihihi. nervous jek dengo. google map ade suara ke? aku tak penah guna google map. phone tak canggih maaaa. tapi gps penah la. yg best about gps pada aku ialah die ado suara. ade tak gps yg guna suara lelaki macho. asyik pakai suara pompuan jek. huhuhu.

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
tu la aku dah kata kat atas tu ummu. gps ada kelebihan dia tp utk aku, aku baca instruction sendiri la x yah bagi tau atu suruh wife aku bacakan, bunyi cam GPS gak… so tu sebab aku okay je ngan google maps… hehe

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|1f34|-|1r3 replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
hahahaha…btol jugak tuh…kalau ada org tolong bacakan kat sebelah…sama cam GPS jugak..lgpon kalau long distance..takkan la kita tak leh nak hafal jalan sket kot?

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
yup. kalo ikut highway, lagi la x yah hafal pun… hehe

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ummu_hanis replied:
December 20th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
tapikan kalau google map leh detek kamera had laju ke? sure wife ko pon musti tak nampak punye kan kan.
kekeke. tak pueh hati gak sebab tepon aku takdok leh dpt do google map.
tapi GPS pon pinjam org punyeee. huhuhu.

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papabear replied:
December 21st, 2008 at 11:33 pm
aku x suka driv elebih had laju so no prob for me… lalalala….
on 19 Dec 2008 at 3:57 pm12sufian

what google maps can’t do, but gps can do:
- guide you along the trip, for every corney, juction at real time
- no woman sounds like “pusing kiri di persimpangan hadapan”, “pastikan kelajuan anda mematuhi pandu cermat”, “anda tersasar dilaluan asal”..

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
sila lihat reply kat ummu di atas… hehe…

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 4:02 pm13sufian

ummu hanis – cam saje je kita ni?? submit pun dekat2 jer..

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
ingatkan sufian adalah ummu dan ummu adalah sufian… seram kejap tadi… muahahaha

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sufian replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
haww.. tak rela

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 6:15 pm14lankapo

salam bro..

mmg accurate la, aku baru try road dari office aku ke kampung aku kat tangkak..memang tepat..

dulu aku pernah try..ada error la apa la.aku ingat kat US je boleh pakai..maybe dia dah upgrade haha

pasni aku takyah call ko lagi lah kalau sesat kat KL hehe

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
salam! haha… ko tak kan sesat lagi….

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 8:05 pm15tony

the amount of people turning onto rail tracks at crossings while using GPS is amazing….your eyes and common sense are as important …..lol

stopped paying for the blog cos i never had time to update, will find another means sometime my friend!

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
you are right tony. our eyes and common sense are the best GPS ever. Hope you would find a new blogging place…

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on 19 Dec 2008 at 8:59 pm16Kheirul

Hi Papabear…

i dulu rancang nak amik tepon HTC yang ada GPS tu aja..

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papabear replied:
December 19th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
ooo… saya belum mampu… hehehe… 3G je la dulu…

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on 20 Dec 2008 at 12:37 am17azlan

i just came back from lowyat..buying gps for my office lucky draw..now you can get RM599 for brand APAQ with MapKing..and Garmin RM699..hmmm..quite cheap right now..

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papabear replied:
December 20th, 2008 at 12:42 am
I see but I prefer the one that is built into the phone… but do not really need that now…

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azlan replied:
December 20th, 2008 at 12:51 am
build in with phone = MAHAL SANGAT …hahahaha

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papabear replied:
December 20th, 2008 at 1:12 am
exactly!

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on 20 Dec 2008 at 9:08 am18hydir

setakat ni belum lagi nak gunakan GPS atau google maps sbb aku dah redah hampir seluruh pelusuk malaysia .. kalo aku perlukan nanti baru nak test

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papabear replied:
December 21st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
ko tak yah lah guna apa2 hahah. ni untuk orang2 yg selalu sesat jer…

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on 20 Dec 2008 at 5:19 pm19BioTecK

I use Google maps all the time.. It’s very handy and I love the “clean” view of it!
It’s very accurate too you know.. I even can see where the bus stops are located!
Can’t live without it!

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papabear replied:
December 21st, 2008 at 11:52 pm
wow, that means your map is more detailed than ours… I can only see major building names…

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on 20 Dec 2008 at 7:18 pm20Taukey

well too expensive. But its good for traveller though. especially where low internet connection are.

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papabear replied:
December 21st, 2008 at 11:57 pm
how much is too expensive?

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on 20 Dec 2008 at 7:20 pm21zool

Abang aku baru beli GPS..
Mungkin ada kegunaan untuk beliau

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papabear replied:
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 am
abang ko nak jalan2 la tu… haha

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on 20 Dec 2008 at 9:32 pm22zulhusni

salam..
waa..otai la bro dpt kalahkn org tuuh..
sememangnyer google map dh byk tolong saya time nk beraya umah2 member(walopon dlm selangor jerr..)..hehe

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papabear replied:
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:17 am
tu la google maps… okay! samalam cari rumah uncle kat termerloh guna google maps, dapat weiii! kalau tak sure dah sesat dah sebab phone umah dia rosak so x dapat nak call sapa2…

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on 21 Dec 2008 at 11:21 am23bonoriau

shaxx can you please re join my friend connect. yesterday I explore friend connect and accidentally i delete few account..sorry.

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papabear replied:
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:28 am
will do that!

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on 21 Dec 2008 at 1:35 pm24flawedangel

I had my first experience of travelling with the GPS in a friend’s car in Londres and I remember marvelling at the “intelligence” of that lil’ thing stuck on the windscreen. That soothing voice (which could be changed to male/female and in different languages!) telling you to “turn at the 2nd left” etc

Here back in KL I still do it the old-fashioned way, my trusty (and very dog-eared) map book! Must try lah this Google Maps. As I always say, I ALWAYS learn something new when I come here. Thanks (again) papa bear!

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papabear replied:
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:35 am
no problem. always happy to share!

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on 21 Dec 2008 at 9:45 pm25snv

Salam,

Bit late in commenting. Since my work demands me to travel outside and go to sites and whatnots, GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth has become my tight friends. Seriously tak sesat. Ada sekali tu, with too much time on my hands, I printed out the maps and taped them together and formed an A0 sized map….heheh. Tapi tak boleh la nak bawa pergi bersiar2, mau nye berlanggar sebab map besar sangat

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papabear replied:
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:40 am
LOL! A0? x abis ke ink printer tuh?

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on 22 Dec 2008 at 5:29 am26tekkaus

Google map really helps to save a lot of $$$! Perhaps this will give other company a run for their money. Ha =)

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papabear replied:
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
yup, it is a free service with premium functions!

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on 22 Dec 2008 at 2:49 pm27zaizab

I went to PD on Saturday and just got back today. After reading shaxx’s post, I was enticed to use my Blackberry with Google Map Apps downloaded to find Glory Beach Resort. It is a GPS! It shows my direction to the Hotel, the position of my car and wa la! No fuss, don’t need to buy a dedicated GPS device. Google map is good enough.

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papabear replied:
December 22nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Glad that you found it useful too!

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on 23 Dec 2008 at 10:52 am28adsense alternative

hoho. i also no need that GPS yet.

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papabear replied:
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:18 am
good for you!

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on 26 Dec 2008 at 7:28 pm29Daniel Ng

thanks for the useful info and i will give google maps a try instead of GPS…

Happy holidays!

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papabear replied:
December 29th, 2008 at 1:02 am
you are most welcome and all the best!

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on 30 Dec 2008 at 7:01 pm30Top100Entrepreneur

Wow! bagus ni, tapikan HP jenis macam mane baru boleh guna app. ni?

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papabear replied:
December 30th, 2008 at 11:43 pm
no spec given by Google but if your phone can support GPRS, I think it can be used…

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