I love GPS. I really do. But I'm realizing that my sense of place would be so much more vivid if I were constantly thinking along these lines. I suspect I'd have a sense of my own presence in direct relation to the natural (as opposed to the artificial) environment. Specifically, I think I'd deepen my appreciation of the relation between the larger world, and the micro-environments we construct for ourselves within it.

I realize that there's a lot of additional cognitive load needed to maintain this sense, and that by relying on GPS (as I do to an almost embarrassing extent) I'm freeing up mental resources for other operations. But to some extent this seem like not stopping to smell roses in order to make more time available for other 'more important' things.