{"id":18655,"date":"2025-04-29T16:37:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/i-like-real-maps-but-mobile-phones-can-be-vital-in-an-emergency-brief-letters\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T16:37:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T14:37:32","slug":"i-like-real-maps-but-mobile-phones-can-be-vital-in-an-emergency-brief-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/i-like-real-maps-but-mobile-phones-can-be-vital-in-an-emergency-brief-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"I like real maps, but mobile phones can be vital in an emergency | Brief letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using GPS in the wild | A toast to healthy hearts | Staffing self-checkouts | Digital assistance | Happy birthday, dear readers<\/p>\n<p>Having rambled for 65 years with Ordnance Survey maps and a compass, I agree with John Harris about using GPS in the wild (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2025\/apr\/27\/smartphone-apps-gps-mountain-rescues-rise\">We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost, 27 April<\/a>). A phone screen is too small to see the wider terrain. But having carried an emergency whistle and pocket heliograph, I have to admit that phones can be a\u00a0lifesaver in a real emergency.<br \/><strong>Joe Oldaker<\/strong><br \/><em>Nuneaton, Warwickshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 I can\u2019t be the only one to think that if you can afford to quaff champagne on a regular basis, that would tend to lead to a more positive outlook and greater life chances generally (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2025\/apr\/29\/drink-champagne-reduce-risk-sudden-cardiac-arrest-study-suggests\">Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests, 29 April<\/a>).<br \/><strong>Deirdre Burrell<\/strong><br \/><em>Mortimer, Berkshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2025\/apr\/29\/i-like-real-maps-but-mobile-phones-can-be-vital-in-an-emergency\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0feca8c28ab3b1824666b19c0d0d6ebc5523ad15\/0_163_4896_2938\/master\/4896.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=3257908b4fd1438fcca9cea6c4aa4b0f\" title=\"I like real maps, but mobile phones can be vital in an emergency | Brief letters\" \/>Using GPS in the wild | A toast to healthy hearts | Staffing self-checkouts | Digital assistance | Happy birthday, dear readers<br \/>\nHaving rambled for 65 years with Ordnance Survey maps and a compass, I agree with John Harris about using GPS in the wild (We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost, 27 April). A phone screen is too small to see the wider terrain. But having carried an emergency whistle and pocket heliograph, I have to admit that phones can be a\u00a0lifesaver in a real emergency.Joe OldakerNuneaton, Warwickshire<br \/>\n\u2022 I can\u2019t be the only one to think that if you can afford to quaff champagne on a regular basis, that would tend to lead to a more positive outlook and greater life chances generally (Drinking champagne could reduce risk of sudden cardiac arrest, study suggests, 29 April).Deirdre BurrellMortimer, Berkshire Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using GPS in the wild | A toast to healthy hearts | Staffing self-checkouts | Digital assistance | Happy birthday, dear readers Having rambled for 65 years with Ordnance Survey maps and a compass, I agree with John Harris about using GPS in the wild (We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/i-like-real-maps-but-mobile-phones-can-be-vital-in-an-emergency-brief-letters\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I like real maps, but mobile phones can be vital in an emergency | Brief letters<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18655"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}