I'm one of the rare people who are the opposite. But! I always keep my gps in map mode, North up. I also zoom out as much as possible or show the full trip on screen (in units that support it). So gps is a huge noon to me building a mental map of places and their orientation to one another.

(Everybody else in my life uses go's on default "your direction is up" and it's worthless. You follow directions and have no idea which way you're going or how far :-()