I don't think people actually go and physically mark these places. I think its done by longitude and latitude as well as some kind of coding. Ask Mike May about this. He'd knows
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of richard Van Driel Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:47 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: re: [Braillenote] I just saw the funniest commercial that mademethinkof the BN GPS Hey all, While we are on the subject of gps, which I have never used, why is this ghost highway thing happening? I mean, you'd think any company that made maps that are supposed to be good enough to follow either with a vehicle or on foot would take the trouble to make sure it was accurate. I think it should be done to military standards. Can you imagine sending a cruise missile destroy a highway bridge that wasn't there and hitting a street full of houses instead? Ok, our situation isn't quite like that, but a highway is not something that moves around a lot or changes position a lot. It's a pretty big landmark. So why are the map makers putting highways where there are none? It almost sounds like they're getting a person in California who has never been in New York to make a map of New York. Not a smart way to make a map. Shouldn't maps be made by people who actually know the place they are mapping? Maybe I don't understand something, but having major objects like a highway or freeway where it isn't seems a little dumb. Richard > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Kathy Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected]>,"GPS" ><[email protected] >Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:19:04 -0700 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] I just saw the funniest commercial that made methinkof the BN GPS >LOL Oh so true! How many times do they have to tell you to know your >area and use your own judgment. I've got one route from my GPs that >sends me striding across the community athletic field. Another takes >me all the way out of town then back to almost exactly where I began >because it knows highway 101 is hot stuff. Well here in the ends of >the earth Northwest it's just cool stuff - a two lane road complete >with parking lanes going one way then the next block is the same going >the other way. Just two little city streets. So you ignore it's being >treated like a freeway and just skip the big loop. It's funny how off >it can be but when it's right it's spot on so that I was able to tell a >friend where to park and take him precisely to the door he was looking >for in a strange town...well, OK once we got to the town, because it >did have us on a highway that doesn't exist to get there. GRIN! >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
