What will you do if you want to know the location where you are now? What will you do if you want to find a way to go to some places? What will you do if you get lost and want to find the way back? Map and GPS can help!! Both of them are used for finding a route and a location. If you would like to know the route to go somewhere then you can consult them. Also, they both are so useful and quite important for those who enjoy traveling to use them as a guideline to guide for the way and to prevent from drift. Although both map and GPS are similar in use, they still have some differences. We can look at these differences from three aspects which are price, convenience and technology.
The first aspect is price. For a normal map, which is a paper-based map, the price is quite low about no more than 120 baht each. On the other hand, GPS’s, which is a digital-based map, price is quite varied starting from 5,000 baht but not exceeding 20,000 baht, so this is more than 100 percent higher than that of the normal map. Imagine, compared to buying only one GPS, if you have 5,000 baht in your pocket, you can buy like forty pieces of normal maps with some money left. Nevertheless, it seems to be common and reasonable that the price of the normal map is much lower than that of the GPS. This might be because the normal map is just a kind of paper map, so it is surely costless than the electronic one. Notwithstanding, it is up to complacency and purchasing power of the individual. If you are the one who do not have to concern much about spending then it will not be a problem for you to get the GPS one.
Next aspect is convenience. In this aspect, there are two points of views to consider. One point is that in terms of space required, the GPS does not need so much space; you can even use it while you are in narrow space. Conversely, some space is required for the normal map, you have to billow out the map first to find the location, so this is quite troublesome sometimes. Another point is comfort. Using the GPS is very comfort; it nearly provides you everything including finding a location, showing the route, telling the way and so on. For instance, you are now on Sukhumvit Road and you want to go to Siam Square. Then what you have to do is just enter your destination into the GPS. After that the GPS will automatically show you the route from Sukhumvit Road to Siam Square. Furthermore, it can tell you which way to go with voice. Whereas, using the normal map, you have to find and search for all routes yourself without a guideline. Thus, this is quite tough and requires some skill. Therefore, it might be a good idea to use the GPS for the ones who love ease.
The last aspect is technology. The GPS can be considered to be a high technology device. Likewise, you do not have to worry about information falling behind because it always updates new information changes all the time. Since the GPS receives signal from the satellite, information can be guaranteed to be accurate and up-to-date. For example, if there are any changes with the route of the road in Bangkok then the GPS will automatically update that new route for you. Hence, every time you ask for the route, you will get recent and right information which prevent you from getting into the old wrong direction. Controversial, the normal map which is based on paper technology, for sure, is not so easy to abruptly adjust something on the normal map. That means it still requires some times to post new changes and release new versions of maps, so this is quite behindhand. Again using the above example, if any changes occur such as new roads are constructed then you may need to keep buying new versions of normal maps; besides, you have to frequently update the change yourself. This is not an easy thing to do.
In summary, like every other thing, map and GPS have some similarities as well as some differences as we can see from above paragraphs. Actually, between these two kinds of maps, it depends on users to decide and choose which one they prefer. For me, I prefer the GPS because it seems to be a lot easier to use and more convenient than the normal map. In addition, it is still be a problem for me to find the right route by using the normal map. Accordingly for safety and preventing myself from getting lost, I think the GPS is more suitable for me.
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