Re: Who owns a GPS?

Daryl Walford wrote...

> > A guy I know services Telstra comms pits. He has a daily route each
day.
> > He has them all programmed into his navigator as POIs. So, when Route
66
> > is on the schedule for tomorrow he loads it up. And in the morning it
> > programs the quickest route to go from pit to pit.
> 
> I've done courier work where I would pick up or deliver to regular 
> customers and after a short while I'd just remember which way to go, no 
> need for a Melways or Navigator, unless the Telstra blokes routes were 
> changed often I don't understand why he would need either.

The routes may be complicated, the pits many in number. Surely it makes
sense to
plot a route for each day's work so that it makes it easier for the guy to
go
fom job to job in the quickest way and most efficient way possible. This
is one
of the benefits of a navigator - it can plot a route based on distance or
time
travelled, probably better than you can using a Melway.

Anyway, the guy said that it makes his job easier to do. And being a
Telstra
contractor who isn't paid by the hour it makes sense to use whatever tools
that
are available to make his job easier and less costly. Doesn't it?