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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
You should download Waze or Google Maps on your phone if you don't have them already. Both apps have "pedestrian mode" which give you an ETA for walking, and the ETA is pretty accurate if you walk at a leisurely pace. (I think it assumes you're talking 2mph?)
I use Google Maps in Boston all the time when I don't know where I'm going. Only downside is that if you use either app all the time (i.e., daily), you'll end up using a lot of data on your phone plan. (You can probably blow through your monthly data plan within 1-2 weeks if you leave location services on and/or leave Google Maps and Waze on, so make sure to turn it off ASAP.) But if you're in a pinch and really lost, paying for extra data might be worth it.
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Thanks for the tip. Believe it or not, I was actually trying to use it (GM), lol(!) And there I was, a blinking beacon on the screen, but I didn't particularly know how that was supposed to direct me. Have to admit though, I didn't spend much time trying to figure it out. I just kept moving in what I *thought* was the general direction and eventually came across a familiar road name that I knew intersected with one near where I live. I was SOOOO glad to get home! Fortunately, it was all decent/nice neighborhoods, so I wasn't afraid, though I was pretty annoyed with myself and felt impatient to BE home already (and wishing it was a grid area!). Oddly enough, I wasn't terribly panicked.
Still, won't make THAT mistake again!
Pretty wiped out this morning. I really, really would like to have been able to stay in bed, but that was not to be...
(Even remembered to turn location services back off! Yea!)