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   Internet Navigation booboo

   

   Lost in Cow Country with my PDA, Sep 28th, 2005 @ 2:53am

   
   

   A "Fix it" button would be really nice for those of us who have tried technology as a tool for navigation, but have found that computerized maps in any flavor are less than accurate. I live in a small city, and most of my clients live in very rural communities. I find that I have to rely on paper based maps for almost 10% of my daily visits. I know that doesn't sound like much, but when you live in BFE USA, that can mean the difference between a 30 minute drive, and a two hour "where the F@#$ am I" fest.

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   Lost in Space

   

   I thought it was right here!, Sep 28th, 2005 @ 2:59am

   
   

   Just recently I used an online map to see where the local Lowes was. It confidently pinpointed a spot on the south west corner of town. I drove to the place where the little pin identified and instead of a hardware store, I found a house. I tiny one at that. I thought I had messed something up, so I went back and double checked my computerize map. Yep, my computer says the store should right here. You would figure that a big hardware store like Lowes could get their store in the right spot, but alas their builder messed something up. Come to find out, they put the store on the North West side of town. It has been there for 10 years (under various names, but with the same address).

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   Been to Tokyo

   

   Just Me, Sep 28th, 2005 @ 12:54pm

   
   

   There's so much construction that nobody can really keep track. I ended up explaining to the cab drivers how to get to my 5 star hotel (not bragging - the company paid for it, just saying that if you're going to know about any hotels, the Westin Tokyo would be one of them) and to the 2 month old office building.
   
   

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   Re: Been to Tokyo

   

   dorpus, Sep 28th, 2005 @ 8:00pm

   
   

   Why are Tokyo's streets so chaotic? The romantic version of the story says that Tokyo is a castle town, so the streets were purposefully built crooked to make it difficult for invaders.
   
   The less romantic version says that Tokyo was burnt to a lunar landscape during WW2, then rebuilt by land-claiming opportunists who staked arbitrary land claims. The land claims were settled by gangsters who sold their land-clearance services to the highest bidder, then much later the government "officially" approved the land claims.
   

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