{"id":1213,"date":"2016-08-05T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2016-08-12T13:34:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T17:34:26","slug":"theres-a-map-for-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wyomingjarbo.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/05\/theres-a-map-for-that\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s a Map For That"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/h2>\n

In 2016 we have more information available at our fingertips than ever before. Now we can navigate to many locations with relative ease compared to the old word-of-mouth directions and paper maps of yesteryear. GPS units used to be a luxury, but with the growing number of smartphones everyone has access to free up-to-date maps, whether it be Google, Apple, Waze, etc. In my opinion this is fantastic. We have a fairly accurate visualization of the world in the hands of billions.<\/p>\n

Maps can relay information as well as stories. Location has always been important to me and deeply tied to my memory. For example, I was able to locate a motel my family stayed<\/a> at when I was a youngin\u2019 during a vacation to Kentucky with only a visual memory of the road and building layout. I was able to find it using satellite imagery on Google Maps. I haven\u2019t been there in 20 years and didn\u2019t remember any specifics, but I remembered the general area.<\/p>\n

The past few years I\u2019ve been trying to map places I\u2019ve been to. Places that were memorable or interesting and might allow me to recall a story. And unlike pins on a map of United States on the wall, I\u2019ve been doing it digitally with the latitude and longitude as precise as I can. The preciseness is important to me. Knowing I went a restaurant in a city is not enough detail. I prefer to know exactly where and when I was somewhere.<\/p>\n

I may not be a globetrotter or adventurous as others out there, but I wanted to share some of the methods I\u2019ve been using over the past years. While you could keep a journal and write everything down, there are a few ways to keep your lifelog organized digitally. These ways are not always intuitive but I hope they help you or give you ideas.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t meant for everyone. Some people like to keep their privacy, and not mark down on a map every place they\u2019ve been. But if you like to keep track of things so that you may recall them in the future, I hope you\u2019ll find the following useful. I am going to break this out to three different parts.<\/p>\n