This will be my last message to them. It extremely difficult for me to
contain my anger about their craven attitude and their lack of self esteem.
The only option for me is unsubscribe from their services.
Strangely they did not change the temperatures in their weather forecasts. I
think that they will do that soon enough. Those who complained to them about
the metric system are undoubtedly complaining now about the temperatures in
degrees Celsius. Soon we will probably read something else following 'Het
weer'  (The weather), as they will use the services of Weatherchannel.

Han


Sir,

I tested the website again. Before doing so I erased all Maporama data from
my Cookies and Temporary Internet files, in order to get a clean re-loading
of Maporama. I also checked the Windows-defaults on my computer. It is set
to 24 hour time, date format YYYY-MM-DD and the metric system. I came
up with totally different results than you did.

I loaded  the site; from the homepage I went straight to the Dutch language
pages; then I loaded Den Helder - Maastricht. Afterwards I tested all other
languages (except English) with the route Paris-Bordeaux.
The defaults IN ALL LANGUAGES are in yards and miles and I also tried
some languages on a number of public computers, always with the same
results. I repeat that these defaults fall foul with me and my only option
is to
unsubscribe.
A number of languages, like Russian and Hindi, came up with English language
itineraries, of course in 'international' yards and miles. The maps were of
course provided with a scale in 'international' miles. And many of these
scales are incorrect in any measure. Just compare the scales on the maps
of France and the Netherlands in miles, (the overall default) and
kilometers.

Evidently for you 'international' = 'Anglo-Saxon'.

I will unsubscribe now.

Plaats van vertrek
DEN HELDER (17)
Plaats van aankomst
MAASTRICHT (62)
Reisinformatieblad

Then came all the non-metric trash once again between Den Helder
and Maastricht *by default*.

eenvoudige of gedetailleerde versie  gedetailleerde versie

Km                   o Mijlen             Km en Mijlen

Transportmiddel:   Met de auto   >>  De snelste route
Totale afstand:    185 miles
Duur van het traject:   03 h 00
Gemiddelde snelheid:    61 miles/h

DEN HELDER (17) MAASTRICHT (62)
Het weer:
14�C/24�C, Zon  Het weer:
17�C/26�C, Zon
Plaatselijke tijd: dinsdag 31 juli 2001 - 19:12 GMT+01:00

<yard and mile garbage snipped>


Yours sincerely,

H. Maenen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



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