Yes, these Americans have maps of all the places already -- but not detailed as in street names, in case of cities. You know how it is here in Pinas... even the smartest American will go nuts about the street names here -- keep on changing like the weather!
--- Pablo Manalastas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I sent this message to Mapalad, the Palm users group > mailing list. I thought you might find it interesting. > > PMana > > =============== > > Today's issue (Feb 19, 2002) of the Inquirier shows > on the front page an american soldier > > "T/Sgt Scott Nowlin check[ing] his location using > a Global Positioning System (GPS) device". > > Is this some kind of PDA that he is using, with > a GPS module? Is it a Palm device? Where did they > get the maps of Basilan? Do the americans have maps > of other places in the Philippines? Do they > have maps of my neighborhood? Are they planning > to re-occupy the Philippines again and turn us one > more time into an american colony? Will you agree > to this? > > JUST ASKING :) > > PMana ===== --o000o-- Prof. Rommel Palma Feria, MSc, SCJP Health Informatics and Mobile & Wireless Computing Group Dept. of Computer Science, College of Engineering University of the Philippines, Quezon City 1101 Philippines TeleFax: +63-2-4343639 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
