Google Maps

A family asked me for directions the other day, and I had no idea where the street they wanted was. But I pulled out my phone, which has Google Maps on it, and I did a search for the street they asked for, and wouldn't you know it they were only a few blocks away. I was able to give them directions to get there.

I have a Melways directory in the car. I don't use it so often now that I have Google Maps. And now that I have Google Maps on my mobile phone, I am even less likely to use it.

You can get Google Maps for your phone here. However, be warned that you have to have a data subscription on your phone account and it will use some of that data.