No worries with the naysayers.
My first GPS was a Trimble TNL 7880 (upgraded) in 1991. My first digcam was a Sony FD-73 that used 3.5 floppies. That was1999.
Fast forward to the present. My DJI Inspire flies mapping missions all but autonomously, shoots 12 MP pix, and locks on to 16-17 satellites regularly. Just for fun.
The future of possible only gets better.
I had a hilarious (to me, at least) experience the first time I ever tried to use a GPS in a car.
I had gone to a conference, and when my flight stopped over in Philadelphia, all flights were grounded. In my haste to get home, I decided to rent a car and drive eight hours to get home. Because there was a rush on cars, the only one available to me was some big, boaty Cadillac type of car, so I took it. It had the first GPS I had ever seen.
I decided to do an experiment.
I wondered, how consumer-friendly is it? Could I figure out how to use it without reading the manual? So, that is what I did. It completely took me 75 miles in the wrong direction! What I didn’t know is that with this primitive model, you had to make sure the thing could communicate with the satellites before proceeding with operation. I blew right past that and put my trust in it...:(
I know, it was stupid, but what I will do in the way of experimentation often causes my wife to roll her eyes at me!
But, as with many things, I made lemonade out of that lemon I picked for myself. I ended up stopping to help a wizened little elderly Italian plasterer whose battered pickup truck was completely broken down. He was dressed in white coveralls, looking sadly into the engine bay. I stopped to help, and ended up driving another hour out of the way (what is another hour when you are already wasting hours?) to bring him to his house, and he invited me in and gave me a beer...:)
Personally, the combination of GPS and those toll passes make long distance driving so much more enjoyable!