If your not sure Stop.. This guy had no GPS but kept on going and going.. An 81-year-old Australian man became lost on an early morning drive to the shops and ended up almost 600km (370 miles) away from his starting point.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8365665.stm On Tuesday 11 May 2010 4:14:16 pm maning sambale wrote: > That's why eventhough I (we) collected the data, I still don't trust > my own GPS. :) > > Seriously though, the article provides very good insights on what we > should add in the map other than roads. > - access restrictions > - gates and other barriers > - natural features like cliffs and mountain peaks > - isolated community centers (purok, sitios) > - etc. > > PS. I just love roadguide.ph user's mantra. > "The map is simply a guide." > > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 4:04 PM, Jim Morgan <j...@datalude.com> wrote: > > Carlos Tirona wrote, On Tuesday, 11 May, 2010 03:52 PM: > >> Three South Korean tourists whose trust in their Ford Falcon’s GPS got > >> them stuck in a gully in southeast Queensland’s Cordalba State Forest, > >> near Childers. > >> > > :-) Shortest Distance routing perhaps? I'm sure there must be a 'Pick > > : another route' button. > > > > Jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > talk-ph mailing list > > talk-ph@openstreetmap.org > > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph >
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