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(Repeat) Lost your sense of direction?\xa0Blame your GPS. Scientists say that our reliance on dashboard devices is eroding our ability to create cognitive maps and is messing with our minds in general. We don\u2019t even look at landmarks or the landscape anymore.\xa0We\u2019ve become no more than interfaces between our GPS and our steering wheels.\nBut in other ways, GPS can spark a new appreciation of the physical world. A real-time flyover app reveals the stunning geological features otherwise invisible from our window seat.\xa0\nAnd sensitive electronic sensors let us see where the wild things are and where they go.\xa0Learn how scientists put belts on jellyfish and produce maps that reveal the surprising routes taken by various species \u2013 from a single wolf, a group of phytoplankton, or a float of crocodiles.\nPlus, one man is not ready to say goodbye to the traditional map.\xa0Find out why this cartographer insists on paper maps, not digital apps.\xa0\nGuests:\n\n\n Julia Frankenstein\u2013\xa0Cognitive scientist, Darmstadt Technical University, Germany\n\n\nGreg Milner\u2013\xa0Journalist, author of \u201cPinpoint: How GPS is Changing Technology, Culture, and our Minds\u201d\xa0\n\n\nAmy Myrbo\u2013\xa0Earth scientist, University of Minnesota\n\n\nOliver Uberti\u2013\xa0Graphic artist and former senior design editor at\xa0National Geographic\xa0\xa0\n\n\n James Cheshire\u2013\xa0Geographer, University College London.\xa0Co-author, along with Oliver Uberti, of \u201cWhere The Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics.\u201d\n\n\nTom Hedberg\u2013\xa0Mapmaker and publisher at Hedberg Maps in Minneapolis, Minnesota\xa0\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices