With summer vacations in our rearview mirror, I think about how family road trips have greatly improved with the emergence of advanced GPS navigation systems — and perhaps with the adoption of handheld activities for those in the back seat. Thirty years ago, we relied on roadmaps or someone’s opinion when we needed to know how to get to a new location. Paper maps worked, but they didn’t offer the best route, integrate real-time traffic guidance or provide the many other advantages that are…
