Creepy GPS

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Clarissa

December 28, 2012

Early this morning we set out towards the St. Louis airport. I entered the airport’s name in the GPS but the GPS glitched. It has been acting weirdly since we left it in the scorching heat overnight last summer.

What was really creepy, though, was the manner in which the GPS glitched. Instead of showing us how to get to St. Louis, it showed us how to go to Quebec, Canada.

Now, please tell me: how on Earth did the GPS know we were traveling to Quebec today? We never used it to go to Canada and never drove to Canada before or since we got the GPS. So it isn’t like it has Quebec on the list of favorites. We didn’t even discuss Quebec around the GPS, as far as I can remember.

Is this creepy or what?

If anybody has an explanation, please share it.

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5 responses to “Creepy GPS”

E (The Third Glance)

December 28, 2012

My mom’s GPS once froze (too cold) and when it came back on, it was in Swahili… GPS’s are weird… Happy traveling!

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  December 28, 2012
  
  Thank you! It was miserable at first because the flight was delayed but then I found a stationery store, and things brightened up immediately. 🙂
  
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  1. sugs
    
    December 28, 2012
    
    I love stationery stores too, can browse for hours amongst notebooks, pens and stuff. Glad you found one in which to bide your time.
    
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Cpt. Capitalism

December 28, 2012

GPS Ghosts!

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Tim

December 29, 2012

Just fyi, leaving a GPS or other devices with rechargeable batteries in a car is usually not very wise, as extreme temperature changes can vastly decrease the battery capacity and lifetime. In fact, if you ever come accross a GPS with a battery that lasts only minutes, you can be sure that it was left in a car where it was repeatedly frozen and warmed 🙂

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