How to Reduce Your GPS Dependency and Actually Find Your Way Around

Google Maps is one of the most useful apps you can install on your smartphone, as it’s ready to give you handy turn-by-turn navigation instructions as soon as you need them
How to Reduce Your GPS Dependency and Actually Find Your Way Around
The Google Maps app is seen on an Apple iPhone on Dec. 13, 2012 in Fairfax, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Google Maps is one of the most useful apps you can install on your smartphone, as it’s ready to give you handy turn-by-turn navigation instructions as soon as you need them.

The same goes for standalone GPS devices that don’t require an Internet connection as it’s the case with Google Maps, to get you to your next destination on time. But there are things you could do to reduce your GPS dependency and actually find your way around, even if you’re in a new city.

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Instead of using the simplest tool at your disposal – that Google Maps on your iPhone or Android device – for getting around town, Lifehacker offers four simple tricks that should totally improve your orientation skills.