tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800809685910210879.post6450773429207901191..comments2016-11-12T00:15:27.613+00:00Comments on Female of the Species: An arrogant bustardCorinnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02510292249777697226noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7800809685910210879.post-22203880628360329682011-04-16T13:29:47.844+01:002011-04-16T13:29:47.844+01:00I can only sympathise where sat-nav equipment is c...I can only sympathise where sat-nav equipment is concerned. Probably the worst such equipment I have ever encountered was an early version of the free AndNav software for Android smartphones. This uses the OpenStreetmap mapping (which is completely free, unlike most other maps) which is free to all, but woefully incomplete in the countryside. <br /><br />Worse yet, I was using it to navigate in Eire, and the software seemed to have taken a distinctly Irish bent to how it told us where to go (I suspect a meddling Irish wizard at play); once you got the hang of this rampant surrealism it was easy enough to follow, but the learning curve was steep.<br /><br />The unit did manage to vaguely redeem its self by crashing with what can only be described as aplomb in the general vicinity of the Hill of Tara, which I would have driven right past had I not been forced to stop and check a map instead, which led to a most interesting ramble through an ancient and holy site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com