from even my very recent experience just a week ago biking with some colleagues of my partner, some people just have no sense of direction or judgement of distance or anything.
So lets face it kids, you gotta learn some basic map reading / basic orientation skills in life or you are effed if your battery powered device shepherding you along like some poor blind mustard gassed WW1 soldier stops working.
there, it's official, I'm a grumpy old bastard ;-)