Well, I just tried home-to-work and found a couple of issues:
1) My house has moved about 2 blocks down the street, which is fine because
the houses are nicer down there, but might just confuse my guests.
2) The route to my office was the longest of 3 ways to go - by about 2 miles
and maybe 10 minutes. Furthermore, a freeway route that is shown on the map
(and the shortest one in my experience) was completely ignored.
3) My office is placed right (within 200 feet), but the directions show me
going a block past the light where I would turn, hanging a U-turn (an
illegal one at that) and driving back a block in order to make a simple left
turn.
4) Zoom in / out is pretty easy to confuse - I zoomed in on my house and
then backed up using the "Back" button on the browser. I then tried to zoom
in on my office and was put back at my house.
5) The quality of the maps is nothing to write home about - this looks like
it might be TIGER97 or something like that.
I'd say that the issue is probably in the underlying data - it doesn't look
like it's the best available. The maps also need a bit of work - street
labeling looks like something right out of MI (not good), and the actual
image is not great - lots of jaggy lines. However, the highway shields look
pretty cool.
Happy Mapping.
James
James L Marlow
Director, Geographic Information Systems
Channel Marketing Corporation
15032 Beltway Drive
Addison, Texas 75001
Telephone 1 (972) 858-9600 extension 331
Facsimile 1 (972) 858-9601
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www: http://cmcus.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Plato [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 4:19 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: MI midirections.com
>
>
> Just tried this site. What a wonderful tool!!!!
>
> Of course, my wife will be happy to know that our home is now
> 5 miles from
> where it was this morning when I left, but it is now on the lake!!!
>
> Marc Plato
> Time Warner Cable
> Columbia, SC
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jw&a inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "to_mi-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 9:26 AM
> Subject: MI midirections.com
>
>
> > has anyone experimented with the www.midirections.com
> address to address
> > routing software?
> >
> > i just plugged in the office and my house and it picked the
> 56 minute
> route
> > instead of the 45 minute route. as i zoomed in i found that the
> destination
> > point (my house) was not in the correct location. it was in
> the general
> > vicinity, but if you were coming over for dinner you would
> probably have
> to
> > call for directions anyway.
> >
> > is this typical, or do i just live in the right part of the country?
> >
> > bob rogers
> > anderson, south carolina
> >
> >
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