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- Artifact: IPhone maps app, which I use to get from A to B
- Requires an IPhone or modern electronic car “radio” setup. Needs internet and stored road/path data and must be able to track you live in order to know your location and plan routes accordingly. End-of-life not too bad, as the roads are updated via cloud automatically. However this further emphasizes a need for internet connection and is unable to use a base model/ pre-prepared map.
- Requires phone to be charged and connected to wifi, which means energy consumed for phone. Requires the server to be active and up to date, which requires energy and water to cool and upkeep these servers, while also requiring some sort of staff to monitor, scan, and drive through these roads and update the map. App updates happen for newer devices.
- Two ideas! One is to divert resources to traditional map-making. If these paper maps kept major roads, they could eliminate the need for wifi and constant reliance and connection to the internet. Alternatively and better in my opinion, is update the apps so you can plan the trip ahead of time, and them download/commit to that map for the trip, reducing wifi usage.
