I hold no judgement on other's use of GPS etc. I carry a Spot which gives me the freedom to travel without a set itinerary. No way for others to reach me but  there is also next to nothing that could occur in the real world in which my input would have any significant effect.  I've always had a knack with maps and rarely (if ever) have used a compass to locate myself. Before GPS systems like InReach etc were within reach of anyone outside of the military I noted a tendency in myself to spend too much time absorbed in my map and not enough time in the landscape and the strange ways in which the landscape and the map interacted in my head. I started relying less and less on my map- on water I previously traveled I tried to not look- on new waters I tried to pick a destination point at the greatest distance reasonable and head there before checking the map. I learned over time that my head is good at this geographical memory, that and a fair amount of time in the park means that the map stays in the pack and I work from my the arrangement in my head- which is different than a map and more a 3-d model that only becomes active as I move into it. It's been at least three  years since I've consulted a map in the course of paddling, maybe more. I trip 4-6 times a year, usually for about a week at a time. My mental model is restricted to the area within Hunter's Island and south. Leads to screw ups from time to time but that's interesting as well. Last season I opted for a final day's paddle from Robinson to Fenske and home. Consulting a map might have led me to a rational decision.