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#140817 - 06/02/2003 11:39 Argh.
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Here's how MapsOnUs says to get to the restaurant in San Francisco tomorrow night:



Note how it assumes I can fly.


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#140818 - 06/02/2003 11:40 Re: Argh. [Re: tfabris]
tman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
That's taking shortest route between two points a little too literally...

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#140819 - 06/02/2003 11:41 Re: Argh. [Re: tfabris]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
It's not that I have any trouble following the written directions at the restaurant's web site. I just like playing with the GPS software. Too bad we can't supply it with good data.
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#140820 - 06/02/2003 13:34 Re: Argh. [Re: tfabris]
foxtrot_xray
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Registered: 03/03/2002
Posts: 687
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
In reply to:


It's not that I have any trouble following the written directions at the restaurant's web site. I just like playing with the GPS software. Too bad we can't supply it with good data.



Uhm.. wait.. Tony..
You can't fly?

The way I drive, it's like flying.. As long as people stay off sidewalks, I'm fine.

Me.
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#140821 - 06/02/2003 14:01 Re: Argh. [Re: foxtrot_xray]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
Well, I can, but never first class.
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#140822 - 06/02/2003 15:13 Re: Argh. [Re: foxtrot_xray]
BartDG
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
Uhm.. wait.. Tony..
You can't fly?


Nah, he figured that walking on water was all he would ever need...
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#140823 - 06/02/2003 15:28 Re: Argh. [Re: BartDG]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
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#140824 - 06/02/2003 15:50 Re: Argh. [Re: BartDG]
JBjorgen
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3584
Loc: Columbus, OH
uh...I believe the Lord has exclusive rights to hydroperambulation.
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#140825 - 06/02/2003 15:50 Re: Argh. [Re: tfabris]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Hmmm. I guess I will stick with my GPS V a little while longer.



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#140826 - 06/02/2003 16:01 Re: Argh. [Re: JBjorgen]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
uh...I believe the Lord has exclusive rights to hydroperambulation.

Funny, I don't see anything about walking on water in his profile. There should be.
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#140827 - 06/02/2003 16:02 Re: Argh. [Re: robricc]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
I guess I will stick with my GPS V a little while longer.

That's what I want: That data, downloaded to GPSapp instead of to the Garmin.
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#140828 - 06/02/2003 16:30 Re: Argh. [Re: tfabris]
robricc
carpal tunnel

Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Someone should find a way to make the GPSapp emulate the garmin. I doubt it would be too hard.

To keep garmin from beating us up, we should somehow make it so you have to own a garmin product that comes with the maps.
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#140829 - 07/02/2003 07:47 Re: Argh. [Re: robricc]
siberia37
old hand

Registered: 09/01/2002
Posts: 702
Loc: Tacoma,WA
Yang pointed me to a program that emulates a Garmin.. then use whatever program you use to get the data into the Garmin and this will output a .RTE file with the route information the program uploaded. This .RTE file has all the waypoints on the route and their latitude longitude location, so it would not be hard to write a program to get this into a format the parse_maponus script would understand.
Problem though: The route waypoint names really suck since Garmin has a limit of like 3 characters on waypoint names. Another problem: Depending on what program you use to download the information to your Garmin, the route shape points may not be available (route shape points are points that define the road shapes). Either that or the emulator does not display them.
I'm working on a system to get around these two restrictions with Delorme Street Atlas since it lets you export the route waypoint names and the route shape points to a text file. Haven't had much time to work on it though with my classes starting again though..



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#140830 - 07/02/2003 11:21 Re: Argh. [Re: siberia37]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31594
Loc: Seattle, WA
so it would not be hard to write a program to get this into a format the parse_maponus script would understand.

Or if you're going to write a translator, simply write it to go straight into GPSapp's format.
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#140831 - 07/02/2003 15:09 Re: Argh. [Re: tfabris]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14491
Loc: Canada
I leave the walking-on-water duties to my brother, "J.C." (really!), and my first-cousin "Bernie".

Cheers

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#140832 - 07/02/2003 17:04 Re: Argh. [Re: tfabris]
matthew_k
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
I was just checking directions to the restaurant, and decided to check mapsonus for the hell of it. I really like how the "driveway" goes from the freeway to the restaurant.

Matthew

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